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Boys of 'n. 



A. HISTOFJY 



Tenth Hegiment Ohio Volanteer Infantry. 



{1st Sergeant Co. I, 10th 0. V. I.) 



II_I_U©XRAXED. 



1899. 



,{^'^'>- 



4B OHRONICL*. 



TO 
THE LOVED ONES AT HOME 
WHOSE COURACxE EQUALLED' THE VALOR 
OF THOSE WHO MARCHED AWAY. 



Boys of '98. 

Tenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



ORGANIZATION — CAMP BUSHNEI.L. 

iyy«HEX on tlie nineteenth of April, 1898, the one hundred and twenty-third anniversary of 
C A I a day momentous in American history, word flashed over the wires that Congress had 
^^^ passed a measure which practicaUy declared war against a foreign power, the 
fires that had been smouhlering in the breasts of every soldier and militiaman in 
the United States, since the day that heralded the sad tidings ol the Alaine dis- 
aster burst into a rudc'.y glow. They knew the hour for action had arrived, and 
scarcelv a company of National (lUard in tlie coimtry but immediately began prepara- 
tions for a call to arms which a few hours would certainly bring forth. 

Two davs later a call for one hundred and twenty-five thousand volunteers was issued by the 
I'resident. and it was responded to by nearly every organized military company in the land, 
whether a part of the National Guard or not. All were anxious to go to the front and they 
were willing to fight to get there. But some were of necessity doomed to disappointment, and 
when the quota allotted to each State had been announced, and their respective Governors had 
selected the organizations to be honored with orders to respond to the first call, there was noth- 
ino- to do for those remaining but to wait for a second call. Then followed that period of 
anxious waiting when uncertainty reigned — when prayers for the success of those who had gone 
tc the front, were mingled with hopes that more troops might be necessary: for he. would be a 
poor soldier indeed whose first ambition was not the hope of seeing service. 

Of all the State troops none were more prompt to respond — none more disappointed at being 
left behind — than those of Ohio. Telegrams to the Adjutant General, to the Governor, and even 
the President himself kept the wires busy, all witli one object in view — to get in before the war 
should be over. Some were from companies and regiments alrea<ly organized, offering assist- 
ance; others were from organizations in embryo asking help for themselves. Many were the 
reasons givert for going. various the excuses for not ])eing left behind. 
One company liad years of honorable service to reconmiend them, and had furnished 
more officers from its ranks in '61 than any two ordinary companies; another had served as 
escort to more Presidents than almost any other in the country, and their feats of horsemanshii) 



2 Boys of 'gS — Tenth Regiment Ohio I'oliiiiteey In fan try. 

could not \yc surpassed. This iKittalion had been traim-i! in seamanship, and was right at home 
on the water, but if it couldn't fight on sliipboard it was willing to show what it knew about nav- 
igation in the swamps of Cuba; that regiment had been used to firing big guns, but if cannon 
were not to be had, every man was willing to shoulder a nuisket and do the best he could. And 
so it went. Wires were pulled and pulls were pushed, until it seemed as if Ohio ak)ne could 
furnish men enough to bring the war to a speedy termination, and still have a few left to look 
out for things in Washington. 

On M.-iy 251!) tlie expected summons came asking for an additional seventy-five thousand 
men, (the same munher that Lincoln thought CTOugh to c|uell the Rebellionj and it was this 
tall that made the Tenth Regiment O. V. \. a p,,ssibility. . , 

At this time there remained in the State service three batteries of light artillery, four divisions 
of naval militia, and three companies of engineers. It was decided to use these organizations 
as a nucleus for a regiment of infantry and to recruit two more companies, making the three bat- 
talion formation complete. 

The three batteries of artillery "D," "E'' and "V" were located at Toledo, Springfield and 
.\kron respectively, (the balance of their regiment — the b'lrst Artillery, ( ). X. (i., having been 
honored at the first call) four divisions of naval militia, comprising two battalions, were divided 
between Toledo and Cleveland, the First Battalion commande>'. by Lieut. Commander A. U. 
Betts being located at the former city and the Second Battalion under Lieut. Connnander CSco. 
R. McKay, at the latter place. The three engineer eomijanies had but just entered the State 
service, being composed of the famous Cleveland Grays and located in the Forest City. 

Perhaps no regiment that served during the war w'ith Spain was organized under more fav- 
orable conditions. Certainly none could be more versatile, for every branch of the military 
service was represented in some form. As some one aptly ]nU it. "the Tenth ( )liio could march 
to the sea, man a ship, sail across the ocean if necessar\-. make a lantling, and with big .guns 
beseige an enemy in his stronghold, and all the work w.iuld ho done intelligently an^! by men 
who were accustomed to the varied duties necessary in such an expedition." 

To lead such a regiment required a man no leis versatile, no less experienced, than the organi- 
zation itself. Happily such a man was at hand in the per.son of the then Adjutant General of 
■.he State, Henry A. .-Xxline. 

Gen. .'Kxline, upon wT.om had fallen the bruut of the lnn\!cn in mobilizing nearly ten thous- 
and State troops but a few weeks before, clieerfuliy undertook his new duties with a zeal that left no 
doubt as to the regiment's future welfare. Rcsi.ening his position as .Adjutant General he was 
commissioned Colonel on the iiwA of June and ,ind tlircf days later ihe v.irious companies 
asscm])led at Cam]j I'ushnell, Columbus, ()hio, and that ni.g1.t i,.^26 ofticers and men slept on 
a tented field, and their war experience had begun. 

')uring the month that elapsed from the time of iIk second call to the mobilization at Camp 
l.ushnell on the j.^tli of Jime, each of the National Guard organizations were recruited up to 
106 men each, and the two new comjianies orgar.ize>'. at Cincinnati and Zanesvillc. 

The first baltalion was organized from the aniliery coiroanics D, E and F, and the Cincinnati 
company L. 'Jhe four divisfions of naval rejer.-cs comprised the second battalion, the two from 



Boys of g8 — Trii/h KcgiDiciil Ohio I'oluntecr Infanlry. 3 

Toledo became companies (i and II. and didse irom Llevcland I and K. The tliinl (the Grays' 
IJsttalion) consisted of companies A, 1! and C from Lleveland and Co. L from Zanesville. 
Captain E. C). Dana, a retired National Guard (-rficer .if Cincinnati, was appointed Lieut. Col- 
onel, Lieut. Commander A. U. Belts, of tiie Toledo naval reserves, Major of the Second battal- 
ion, and Capt. ( ). M. Scha.'.e, of the Grays, Majoi; to command the thini. 

\\'. ^;. Wclbcn. Lieutenant and executive officer of the first battalion O. X. 1'... was commis- 
sioned 1st Lieutenant and Regimental Adjutant, A. H. ISedell holding the same rank in the 
Cleveland battalion was made Regimental Ouarteiniaster, W. .\. Westerveldt, AI. 1).. of Columbus. 
Major Surgeon, J. J. iM^vin, M. D., of Clevelan !. and Chas. W. Newton, M. 1).. of Toledo, 
Assistant Surgeons, an,! the Rev. Carlos H. Hanks. c;f Zanesville, Chaplain. 




COLONEL AXLIXE. 



Col. Henry A- Axline was born on the i6lh day of September, 184S, at Indtonham, (now Ax- 
line P. O.j, Ohio. He attended the common scl.cir.ils of his native town and later I'ultoniiam 
Academy. Graduating from Ohio W'esleyan C'niversity with a degree of A. B. in 1872, he 
studied law anci was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of Ohio in 1873 and was later 
admitted to the practice of law in every court in the United States, including the Supreme 
Court. 

His first military expetience was that of a private during the war of the Rebellion. Enlisting 
at tlie age of 13 years in '64. he served until the fall of '65. some time after the war closed. In 
1877 he entered the ( )hio National ( kiard as Captain, was later promoted to Major of the 17th 
Ir.fantry ( >. \. G., and after a few months service became Lieut. Colonel of the same regiment. 



Boys of '9^— Tenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

REGIMENTAL ROSTER. 



Colonel. 

HENRY A. AXLINE, 

Columbus. 

Lieutenant Colonel. 

EDWARD O. DANA. 

Cincinnati. 

Major. 

ARLINGTON U. BETTS. 

(2nd Battalion) 

Toledo. 

Major, 

OTTO M. SCHADE. 

(3(1 Battalion) 

Cleveland. 

I'Mrst Lieutenant. 

\\TLLL\M C. WELBON. A.ljutan:. 

Toledo. 

First Lieutenant. 

.\RRN W. M()R(L\NT11ALER. Q. NL 

Cleveland. 

Major Surgeon, 
\\TLLL\.M A. WF.STERVELDT. 

Assi.stant ."burgeon. 

FIRST LIEUT. J. J. ERWIN. 

Cleveland. 

As.sistant Surgeon, 
FIRST LIECT. (iEO. H. JONES, 

Tole.lo. 

Chaplain. 

CAi'T. TCLLius ( . rn'iM:R. 

Portsmoutli. 




LIEUTENANT WM. G. WELBON, ADJUTANT. 



Boys of 'g8 — Tenth Regiment Ohio I'olunteer Infant)-}'. 

NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF. 



Sergeant Major, 
WALTER C. O'KANE. 

Quarternrtster Sergeant, Principal Musician, 

FRED H. HARWOOD. BERT. F. PAUKEN. 

Chief Musician, Hospital Steward, 

1R\IX(; J. MARTEX. j. MERTON BRIGGS. 

Principal Musician, Hospital Steward, 

ALLEX B. HUUSE. ROBERT S. SMITH. 



REGIMENTAL BAND. 



J. J. MASTEX Director. 

EARL TAYLOR Drum Major. 

Piccolo and Flute, Geo. Leyland. 
Clarinets. Trombones. 

Val. X. Sauerwein. Chas. Everettr.. 

A. L. Treuschcl. Wm. Lewis. 

Walter S. Kelley. Andrew Baker. 

Chas. Hoover. Benj. Good. 

Chas. Skinnev. 
'-ornets. Clarence E. Ju'dd. 



Baritones. 



D. E. Halsey. 
B. W. Halsey. 

A. H. White. Guy Sheffield. 

Ainsley Haskins. Frank L'hlcr. 

Fred Ranke. 



Basses. 



Altos. 



Wright Chandler. 

F"red Hoppe. Leo. Haskins. 

P. Herzog. A. W. Spafford. 
Harry Ficken. 
James Mears. Battery. 

l^YiQ^ Xick Hamilton. 

Wm. Cronin. 

Raymond Shaimon. < i. 1 >. Richards. 



6 Boyso'''gS — '1 enlh Regiment Ohio I'ohoileer Infantry. 

Ill ]88<). under (luvernur Foster's administratiuii. he was ap])ointC(l Assistant Adjutant Gen- 
eral with the rank of Colonel, and served as su-:li until 1884. 

In 1886 Governor Foraker made him Adjutant General, which office he held until 1890. In 
1896 Governor Bushnell appointed him to the same important position, in which capacity he 
was serving when the war with Spain broke out. The efficient work done by him in handling 
and equipping troops encamped at Camp Bushnell during April and May, '98, stamped him as 
being the most eligible man to command the new regiment, and on the 22nd day of June he 
resigned his position as Adjutant General and a few hours later was commissioned as Colonel 
of the Tenth ( )hio, then a part of the Xatiunal (iuard. hut in a' few days to be L'nited States 
\olunteers. 




J KIT I- NAM 



I'irst Lieut. Wni. S. Welbon. Regimental .\djulant. was In 
1867. moved tn Tole.lo, Ohio, in 1882. and was educated in 
Detroit, in 1887 he joined llie famous Toledo I a.iets, uikUI 
and was a member of lliat organization eiglit years, serving ; 
and ])articipated in all tlie c(jnipetitive drills for which that i. 
active part in organizing the Ohio Xava! I'.rigadc ; 



■n in Detroit, Mich., .March 2()th, 
the public schools of Toledo and 
died company of the O. X. G.. 
s ])rivate, corjjoral and sergeant 
inipany was famous, lie took an 
ived a conunission as l".\ecutive ( )fli- 



cer and Adjutant of the First Battalion in 1896, and was also electe.; Treasurer of it, ni wli; 
ca|)acity he served until June 25, '98, wlien he was made Adjutant of the 10th O. \ 1. On Se 
if)th was detailed as Assistant Adjutant General of the l-"ir.st I'.rigade at Camp .Meade, an,l 




LIEUTKNANI" H. W. MOKGANTHALEK, OUARTKRM ASTER. 



Boys of "gS — Teii/h Rci^imcnt Ohio I'oliDitccr Infantry, 1 

Oct. 20th as Assistant Commissary of Musters in tiic same brigade, being on dctacbetl duty 
from the regiment until Jan. loth. 1899, at whidi time he resumed the duties of Adjutant, and 
was nuistered out as such. 



First Lieut. Harry W. Morganthaler, Regimental Quartermaster, is a native of Ohio, having 
been born in Massillon, Stark county, in 1870. In 1876 his parents removed to Cleveland, where 
he attended the public schools, Brook's ^lilitary Aca.k-my, and later took a course in Case 
School of Applied Science. In 1893 he joined the Cleveland Grays and served as private, cor- 
poral, and sergeant up to the time of the organization's decision to enter the volunteer service 
when he received a commission as 2nd Lieut, of "A" company. 

L^pon the resignation of Quartermaster Bedell on the 22nd of September, '98, Lieut. Mor- 
ganthaler was promoted to that position with a rank of ist Lieut., and he most acceptably per- 
formed the arduous duties connected with that department until the regiment was mustered out 
of service. The reputation which the regiment had of having its sanitary condition at all times 
in the best possible shape, was due largely to his indefatigable efforts. All buildings were con- 
structed under his personal supervision, according to his own plans, and the work done at 
Camp Mackenzie represented no little amount of ability in that line. For strict attention to busi- 
ness and faithful performance of duties, no matter how irksome, Lieut. Morg^anthaler's record 
was above reproach. 



Major Surgeon W. A. Westerveldt was born in Columbus, (J., August 21. 1870. c;raduating 
from Ohio University in 1891 he four years later received the degree of A. M. from that insti- 
tution, having in the meantime served as instructor in chemistry, also demonstrator of chem- 
istry to the Indiana Medical College. While at the latter school he was ambulance surgeon of 
the Indianapolis I'ree Dispensary. Receiving his oiploma in 1894. he immediately began the 
practice of his profession, in which he made rapid strides, and was later honored b\- being elected 
Assistant Secretary of the Association of Military Surgeons. 

Major Westerveldt's military career beg-an while he was yet a student. Fnlisting in the O. 
N. G. in 1892 he was the same year commissioned Second Lieutenant of company B, I7t'; 
Reo-iment an^'. on |ulv 30th, 1893, promoted to First Lieutenant. On May 7th, 1894, he wa* 
transferred to the department for the duties of which his education fitted him, being made Cap- 
tain and Assistant Surgeon of the 17th. In June, '96, he was transferred to the ist Ohio Light 
Artillery, maintaining the same rank. Not being called with the four companies of this com- 
mand which entered the United States \'olunteer Artillery service at the first call for tr.wps, 
he received his commission as Major Surgeon of the loth, on June 29th. '()8. and served as 
such during its period of enlistment. F.ndowed to an unusual degree with the ability to read 
human nature, and being well qualified in other ref.pects for the arduous duties of chief medical 
officer Dr. Westerveldt's record was one to be proud of. 



8 Boys oJ'(pS—Teii//i Regiment Ohio I'oluntecr Ivfautry. 

Dr. lames lay Erwin was born near Newton Falls, Trumbull county, Ohio. Jan. 30th, 1850. 
He finished the curriculum o[ the Xewton Falls High School in 1866, ami on Sept. 1st. the same 
•scar, commenced the study of medicine, his preceptor being an army surgeon of the Civil War. 
He graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Wooster, as president of 
his class in 1887. Afterwards he served a term as president of the alumni association of his alma 
mater. Having acliieved the doctorate in medicine, he also took a course in pharmacy and 
graduated in that profession, although he had for a number of years been a registered phar- 
macist in Ohio. 

In 1891, he removed to 1617 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, which city he made his home. 
1)1. Erwin is the autlior of a number of valuable jiapers on medical and medico-military subjects, 
wiiich were published in various journals and tran.sactions, and has written some verses of no 
liule merit. 

He has been a member of a number of professional and scientific organizations, among 
which are the Ohio State Dental Society and the American Pharmaceutical Association, the 
Cleveland Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Society, and the American Medical Asso- 
ciation. He became a member of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States in 
189;, and was elected its Treasurer in 1896. 

When the battalion organization was adopted fcr the regiments of the Ohio National (iuanl 
in 1893, Dr. Erwin was commissioned as Captain and Assistant Surgeon of the Fifth infantry, 
an.; in 1896 was transferred with grade and rank to the First Light Artillery. When the first 
call was made for volunteers to serve in the war with Spain, he responded iimmptly and took 
charge of the hospital for the battalion of artillery at Camp lUishnell, but when the commis- 
sions in the V. S. V. service were issued his pasi service and (|ualilications availe,! him not. He 
resigned his commission in the National C.uard and returned to Cleveland. In less than a 
month he was commissioned Surgeon of the Second Battalion of Naval Reserves of Ohio, with 
whom he entered the lOth Ohio U. S. V. 1. Dr. Erwin is a military man and a patriot by inher- 
itance, for he traces his lineage to the invasion of Scotland by the Norsemen early in the second 
century, since which time the military spirit has been transmitted through each succeeding gen- 
eration. In America, no less than two representatives of his family served in the Colonial War 
1762 to 1766; three in the American forces, war of the American Revolution; two officers in th' 
war of 1812. and his father an officer of volunteers, American Civil War. A member of the 
society of the Sons of American Revolution, of tlie war ..f 181 2. of the Sons of N'eterans, organ- 
izer and commander of the military Order of Foreign Wars, Ohio Commandery, and elected 
vice-Commander General to the National Commandery, Dr. Erwin's record in military and civil 
life is one to be proud of. 



- C.eo. H. Jones was born in Toledo, Ohio, Aug. 12, 1876. an<l was educated at the Toledo 
Public Schools, anl later began the stu.'.y of medicine under Dr. E. W. Heltman, of that city. 
He entered the Toledo Medical college in i8.)4 and was graduated from that institution ih the 
class of 1898. He began his military career by becoming a member of a local military com- 




MAJOR SURGEON W. A. WESTERVKLDT. 



Boys of gS — Tentli Regiment Ohio I'oluntecr Infantry. 9 

I anv. ami fniin tluiv lu- joined the ist Divisio:i ( )liiu Xaval r.risa<:'.o: from liere lie was 
:q)])(jinted apolhec;:ry of the 1st Ijattslion. in w'liicli capacity he served until the orf^anization 
decided to enter the vclnnteer service as an infantry organization. At the formation of the 
Tenth Regitnent he gave up his medical practice and enlisted with his battalion. lie was 
immediately detailed to the hospital corps and and ajipointed ranking Hospital Stewanl and on 
the 13th of October, '89, was commissioned ist. Licntenant and Assistant .'■burgeon to till the 
vacancy caused by the resignation of Dr. Newton. He served with crcilit until .March 23, "99 at 
which time the regiment was mustered out. 



The Rev. Tullius C. Tupper, D. D., Chaplain of the loth Ohio Vol. Inf., was born in Can- 
ton, Miss., on the 6th day of December, 1848, an>:': comes of a distinguished family, prominent 
in law and in military circles. 

He was educated at the University of Missis,-. ijipi, ,ind afterwards at the Xashotah Theologi- 
cal Seminary (Episcopal) in Wisconsin, for the ministry. He served in imjiortant positions as 
l\if.tcr of Christ Church, Little Rock, Ark., St. raul's Church. Leavenworth, Kan., St. Phillip's 
C Inirch, Atlanta, Ga., and Christ Church, Portsmouth, Ohio. He has always taken great 
interest in the Public Schools of our country an;l has done considerable work as a lecturer in 
v;.rir,us institutions of learning. The honorarv v;'egree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred 
i-pon him in 1886 by the State University of Arkansas. 

Ca])t. Tupper is a first cousin of the late Lt. Ccl. Tullius C. Tupper, of Cleveland, ( )., for- 
merly of the 6th Cavalry, U. S. A., and also of Mrs. Gen. John Beatty, of Columbus, ()., whose 
husband served three years as Brigade Commander under Gen. Sherman in the late Civil War, 
and since as a Con.gressman from his districtfor three consecutive terms. 



That good judgment had been used in the seiecticn of a staiT was made evident at once by the 
readiness with which the officers adapted themselves to their new duties, and the enthusiasm 
shown by them was rapidly infuse^', throug'h the regimcnf until it was instilled into the minds of 
t 'cry man that the "Tenth" was to be a regimeiu for business. 

( )n Montlay, June 27th, actual drills began in earnest and preparation.s began to l)e made by 
tompany conmianders for mustering into the United States service. Although most of the mei! 
were raw and unaccustomed to out-door life the ze;;l with which every task was undertaken 
showed them to be made of the right kind of stuff. Alen who but a few days before had gone to 
their office at i) in tlie morning, and in the evening had donned their full dress suits to attend 
some social function or other, slept in the .same tent ;:nd performed \\\: same duties with those 
uho were accustomed to rise with the dawn, snatch a hasty lircakfast. an,', then with their lunch 
box in their hand start cut for a long days work with pick or shovel at one-fifty per v'.ay. Many 
were tlure as privates who were accustomed \.o all the luxuries of good living, and yet they 
just as cheerfully marched down the little stre.-t at the back of the camp to tlie commissary 
deiKirlment oud sliouldered their greasy ham o.- bag of potatoes as those who had been used to 
hard labor. 



10 Boys of 'gS — Tenth Regiment Ohio I'oliiuteer Infantry. 

The foui'i during those first weeks was all tha; could be expected, the conunissary department 
under Col. Freeman, having profited by its experience in feeding the first call troops. Fresh 
milk and butter were a part of the daily ration and that bane of the soldier — hard-tack, was as 
\ et an unknown quantity, and black cofifee still a thing of the future. 

During those early days everv' effort was made by those in command to procure the equip- 
ment as rapidly as possible and to get just as much of it as they could. The men, uniformed 
as they were in lhe'"r old National Guard clothes,presented a strange ai)pearance. Artillerists 
with clanking sabre touched elbows with the jolly jack-tars in their wide trousers and mush- 
room shaped hats, an,l intermingling with these could be seen the natty uniform of the "Grays," 
and the "rookies" with no uniform at all. For the time being, however, they had tu be content 
and dress parades were held regularly, although at times it seemed as if the members of each 
battalion were engaged in a contest to see which could present the mnsi nundescrijjt appear- 
ance. 

Meantime prejjarations were being ma.'.e fur the final step of enhstment. The few faint- 
hearted ones droi)])jd mu and went back home sadder but wiser from their short experience in 
military life. { )n the 7th day of July in a beautiful grove near regimental headquarters, officers 
and men with uncovered heads, uplifted their right han^'.s and took the oath of allegiance to the 
United States, to serve faithfully and obediently for two years "unless sooner discharged." The 
oath was administered by Capt. Kockerfcller, U. S. A., mustering ofiicer for Ohio. The final 
step had been taken and not a man but was impressed with the .-olenmity of the ^Vief ceremonv. 
Many of them had left good homes and loving relatives and no matter how light the duty or 
iiow short the term of service some of them would never return. 

That afternoon the .\aval Reserve liattalion escorted the com])anies of the 51)1 Regiment 
and llie Ninth llaltalion (colored) still remainining at Camp lUishnell, t" their train on their way 
to join their regiments. 'Hie sailor boys received many comi)Iimenis upon the neat appearance 
they presented in their white nuistering suits, ap.d were also highly praised for their good 
marching. 

On July 13th the uniforms and e(|uipmenl began to be issued .-md then the regiment began 
to take on a soldierly appearance. The hard work at drills also made itself Lpparenl in the 
increased precision with which muvements were executed, and when on the 3d of Aug. the new 
Springfielvls arrived everybody was happy. The feeling that nothing could be gained by 
remaining longer at Cam]) Mnshnell now prevailed, and the chances of the organization seeing 
service now began to be agitated. "Pipedreanis" began to develop an<l another reason 
for the mens' uneasiness could be traced lu the steadily increasing sick list, which in some com- 
panies was as high as twenty per cent, of the enlisted men. This was causcvl to a certain 
extent by the extremely hot weather and possibly by the fact that the camp hail been used for 
so many troops. Then being retained near at home, making it possible for those who had been 
loath to say good bye to make weekly visits to cam]) bringing all the little delicacies that makes 
the soldier so hapi)y at the time but so miserable afterwards, might have been another source of 
the trouble, lie tliat as it may, not a man in the conuiiand l)nt welcomed the suunnons to brc;ik 
camp and move, no matter where, so long as it was out of the Slate. 




ASSISTANT SURGEON J. J. ERWIN. 




LIEUTENANT GEORGE H. [ONES, ASSISTANT SURGEON. 



Uoys of'gS — Toilh Regiment Ohio I'olitnleer Infantry. \\ 

On July 14th occurred! one of the events that l)ri,i;litcne(l up tlie stay at Camp Bushncll. The 
Governor, who with several hundred of the society people of Columbus, had witnessed parade, 
requested the Colonel to form the regiment in a hollow square, which was done, completely 
surrounding- the carriage in which he was seated, with Adjutant Cencral Kingsley. In a brief 
hilt touching speech he presented Colonel Axline and the regiment with two beautiful flags- 
one a regimental standard of blue, the other the X'ational I-jnblcm— as a token of his regard 
for an old friend, and the confidence he placed in the Tenth ( )hio. In presenting ilie flags, 
among other things Gov. Bushnell said: "It is not often that a man can take off the shoulder 
straps of a General to becoine a Colonel and still be considere>; as being promoted. Such is 
the case here, however, and as a token of the regard I feel for a man with whom 1 have been 
associated so long, and who has always proved himself to be a faithful and true friend, together 
with the confidence I place in the men of this regiment, I wish to present as a personal gift, these 
two flags, one representing your regiment, the other our country. I know they will be safe in 
your hands, and if you ever get in front of the enemy I am confi<Ient that these colors will be 
carriev'. in the right direction. This State never sent out a finer body of men than these standing 
before me. Xo Stale ever did, because no better are to be found." 

In conclusion he wished the regiment Ciodspeed wherever it might go. with the luipe that it 
would have a safe and speedy return. At the conclusion of the presentation three hearty 
cheers were given together with the "camp yell." Xot a man but felt the blood stir in his veins 
and if resolutions could fight, the enemy was already whipped. 

The following Sunday afternoon a detachment of G. A. R. men, headed by their old time drum 
corps, came out from Columbus to pay their rc-pects to the beys, and were right rovallv 
received. The old veterans" eyes sparkled as they saw the boys in blue, reminding them of the 
aays of long ago, when they too had gone into camp to prepare themselves for soK'.ier hie. Just 
before their departure Colonel Axline caused the "long roll" to be sounded, and the buglers blew 
the "general," giving the men their first experience of a sudden call to arms which they responded 
to promptly and without confusion, every company marching to its proper jilace in the regimental 
formation. Salutes were then exchanged with the veterans, and the "boys of "98" chee.red the 
"boys of "61" vociferously. It was a touching tribute from the new .soldiers to the old. and made 
many a grey-headed and grizzled old warrior feel the blood tingle in his veins, and wish that he 
might again shoulder his gun to march away as he did nearly forty years before. 

On August I2th the camp was moved to a point about half a mile west of the old site, in tlie 
hopes of bringing about a better state of sanitary conditions. Tents were lowered and carried 
with the floors and baggage to the new site, and there being no nude teams (which the boys 
later learned the value of) to assist in carrying, tliere was nothing to df. but "tote" (they didn't 
call it "tote" then) the heavy stuflf on their shoulders. The hot weather made this extremely 
irksome, but it was finally completed and "the Tenth had made its first move." Mere they 
lemamed until the orders came to move to Camp Meade, and those last few days were spent in 
final good byes to the friends at home, and in various preparations for "service in the field." 

The day before the regiment left Camp lUishneli for Middletown, I'a., (Aug. 17th), tents were 
struck and packed preparatory to moving, and that night the men slept in their shelter tents for 



12 Boys o^'c/S — Tenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

the first time It was a niglit long to be remembered. Al)out sunset a terrific rain and wind 
storm came up, continuing for the greater part of the night, making ever\'body miserable. The 
small tents aflforde.I Ijut poor protection in such a storm, and there being no floors to sleep on 
many of the men laid in water or else sat up until morning. When daylight broke on the morn- 
uig of the i8th, however, tlie cold and dampness of the night were forgotten in the excitement 
and bustle of moving, but it was a relief to everyone when assembly sounded and the regiment 
formed for its march to the station at Columbus. The send olif given the organization by the 
citizens all along the line of march was but a rep-etition of what had been given them upon leav- 
ing home, and left no doubt as to the feelings of the people towards the regiment that had been 
encamped near them for nearly two months. Reaching the depot about 6 o'clock, it was nearly 
midnight when the third section pulled out, and the last of the Ohio troops enlisted foi the war 
were en route to a camp where instruction tending to perfect ihem in the art of actual warfare could 
be obtained. Heretofore nothing but the elements of drill had been learned, and the period spent 
at Bushnell had been but a preparatory course as it were, to fit the regiment physically and in 
tlie matter of equij^nent. to take its place as a unit in whatever i)rigade. division, or corps it 
might be the i)leasure of the war de])artinent to place it. The real service of the Tenth, w.hatever 
it was to be, had begun. 




LIRUTENANT COLONEL EDWARD O. DAXA. 



Boys of gS — Toilh Regiment Ohio I'oliDiteer Infantry. 



11. 



FIRST BATTALION — THE ARTILLERY. 




I the beginning- of the war Ohio could boast of having the only organ- 
1/1(1 regiment of artillery in the United States, outside the regular 

II nu-. The quota allotevl to the State, however, did not provide for 
nuji a than four batteries of this branch of the service, conse(|uently 
ilu regimental organization was broken up. 

Bittery "A" of Cleveland, "H" of Columbus, "C" of Zanesville, and 

(i of Newark, were chosen, inasmuch as their commanding officers 

\\(.ie the ranking captains and the balance of the regiment had to con- 

ti.nl themselves with the hope that something might turn up to give 

them a chance. 

r.attery "B" of Cinciiiatti, became impatient at the delay and joined 
the First Ohio Cavalry, organized under the direction of Capt. Day, 
I S. A., who became its Lieut. Colonel. This left three batteries, "D," 
I and "F" unprovided for, and as already stated, upon the act 
authorizing another regiment of infantry, they availed themselves of the 
oi)])iirtunity and discarded tlie red facings of the artillery uniform fi>r the 
white trimmings of tlie "dough-boys." Mounted drills became a thing 
of the past and like their neighbors, the Naval Reserves, they felt very nuich out of their 
element. P.ut good soldiers adapt themselves readily to circumstances- and so it was with thom, 
but it was a long time before many of the boys could see a mounted officer or orderly pass with- 
out casting longing eyes at his mount. 

It was but fitting that Col. Dana should l)e made cliief of the artillery battalion of the Tentli. 
having served with them for so long before their regiment was broken up to enter the infantry 
branch. 



Lieutenant Colonel Edward O. Dana was born in \'an Hornesville, N. Y., atteniling the 
fommnn schools of that town and later the High Schools of Cincinnati, O., which city he mad.- 
bis home at an early age. 



Boyso/'c)'8 — Tenth Regimen/ Ohio I'ohinteer Infantry 

COMPANY D. 

TOLEDO. 



Captain. 
HAZEX r.. NORTON. 



First Lieutenant, 
SAXFORD H. HOWLAXD. 



Second Lieutenant, 
\VM. E. McBAIN. 



First Sergeant, 
FRED KASDORF. 
Albiii E. Liebold. jtulr..^ F. Steger 



SERGEANTS. 

Quarter-Master Sergeant, 
HARTWELL GREEXING. 
Charles S. Wragg. Harry E. Kern. 



Arthur Greiner. 
John C. Dlohm. 
Arthur .\. Reagan. 



Walter 



Artificer. Charles A. 



CORPORALS. 

Fred A. Schrader. 

George Skeldon. 

Fred Stone, 
onipany Clerk, Henry C. Miller. 
Rold. Wagoner, 

Company Cook, Peter Vogel. 



Crandall 
Eugene .Munier 
Arthur Xitschke. 



August F. Keller. 
Frank Sherman. 
Henry T. liird. 

Edward Kessler. 



MCSICL\XS. 



Julius 



Harhite, Donald F. 
Bowman, George 
Howes, John L. 
P.urkard, Peter L. 
Boeck, Peter 
r.roer, Benj. V. 
P>igelow, Louis H. 
r.lainey, James A. 
Bright, Walter D. 
Clemens, Samuel B. 
Crandall, Hal B. 
Clements, John T. 
Chandler, Orin M. 
Coakley, John J. 
Delalianty. Joseph 
Elliott, Frank L. 
Ellis, Clarence 
iMlson. Robert K. 



John Carragher 
George Reichard 



TavU 



Alex H. (iuul 



PRIVATES. 



l-lint, Herbert A. 
I'rank, Herman 
Gamble, James B. 
( irabelski, !• rank 
Hall. Walter L. 
Hanly, John 
Haynes. Wm. 
Ikany. l-'rank 
Hdsly. Thos. H. 
Hampton, John 
Jennings, Wm. F. 
Kelley, Ernest R. 
Kessler, Albert 
Isirscner, Fred 
Lammc. ^'an Heber 
Leonard, George 
Le Suer, Frank A. 
Limber, John M. 
l,()wton. Harry W. 

DISCH 
i-.li E. Culver 
David O. Strouse 



Maple, Mack 
Mattimore, John J. 
Mears, John F. 
^'escall, John 
.Mi.ldaugh, Charles 
Monette, Richard 
Mullins, William 
Myers, Bcrnal 
Newbury, William 
Xutter, Orry C. 
Oatley, Robert A. 
O'Konski, Peter 
Radunz, Eniil 
Rafferty, Bert Y. 
Reinhart, Albert ( i 
Ricss, Frank A. 
Riechers. Fred (i. 
Richardson. l->ed .X. 

arc.1':d. 

Granville Ray 
I-"rcd iMelbacii 



Roller, Louis 
Reilly, Joseph J. 
Sears, l^'oster 
Slattery, Mathew F. 
Schwartz, William 
Seward, Walter B. 
Seward, Russell M. 
Smith, Carl E. 
Thomas, Edward C. 
Treuschel, Alfred G. 
\ ogi, W alton 
\oght. Walton 
Wahl. Frank 
Wagner, Walter .A. 
Walter, Christian G 
Walter. IVank .\. 
Warner, Leigh M. 
Williston, John C. 



William Glennon 




WW 

"i ''■].•», 
■ , ' i 



I, 'i !,-.■* 



Jiltli 





CAPTAIN H. B. NORTON. 



Boys o/^gS — lenlh Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



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Enlisting as private in the "Lytic Grays" (Co 
was connected with some military organization c( 
the volunteer service. Appointed corporal of Co 
transferred to Co. "F" and made Second Lieut, (j 
again transferred to Co. "B." maintaining the san 
the artillery, which he did, hecoming a member 
Cai)tain of that organization, which |)(j-sitinn he i 



■1!," 1st Infantry,) of that city, in 1880, he 
ntinni nsly up to the peri. id of enlistment in 
•W Jan. 20, 1881, he was on Nov. 6, 1882, 
thai company. On May 19th. 1883. he was 
e rank, and in June. 1 SS4, deci.'.ed to enter 
of r.attcry -B," and in October wav, niadr 
jsigned June 3, 1885. 




LIKUTENW.NT .S 



LIEUri;.\A.\T W. K. m'k.\ne. 



In 1886 the First Regiment was organized and Caj)t. Dana was commissioned Major on 
June 14. Recommissioned June nth, 1891, he was elected Lieutenant Colonel July 11th, one 
month later, and was honorably discharged at the expiration of term of commission, July 11, 
i8(/). He then became Captain of an independent troo]) of cavalry known as the Cincinnati 
Troop, which he brought to a high state of efficiency, and which was to have acted as escort 
to President McKinley in the fall of '98, at the (J. A. R. reunion, but for the interference of tlie 
war. I 



i6 Boyso/'gS — Truth Regiment Ohio I'oliDiteer Infantry. 

Batten,- "D," or "D" company as it had now come to he called, was organized at the begin 
ning of the Civil War by Major Silas Ramsey, of the U. S. Army, and was mustered into the vol- 
unteer service Xov. 2, 1861. as Battery "H" 1-irst Ohio Light Artillery. Its first commanding 
officer was Captain James P. Huntington, who served till (let. 2y. 1863, and was then succeede 1 
by Cai)t. Geo. W. Morton and he in turn by Capt. Steven \\\ Dorsey. who remained with it 
until the nuister out at the close of the war. ; 

In }*Iav. 1866. the surviving members organized the ist Ohio Independent Battery, by which 
name it was known until the organization of the First Regiment, Light Artillery, O. X. C, in 
1886, when it became liattery •"D" of that command, which title it has since retained. In Jan- 
uary, 1897, First Lieutenant H. B. Morton was elected Captain and he brought the battery 
out from Toledo June 25, '98, to participate in the second war in its history and to maintam if 
necessary the honorable record made by its members in '61-5. 



Captain Norton was born and raised in ToIe,:o, the date of his birth being April 19, 1807. 
He joined Battery "D" as private, July 8. 1887, and was appointed sergeant in September of 
the same year. In July, 1888, he was mnde 1st Sergeant, en 1 was co.iimissioned 2nd Lijut 
Dec. 19th, 1893. On the 4th of April, two year.-, later, he received his appointment as Firs' 
Lieutenant and on Jan. 19, 97. was elected Captain, serving tbrcugh the war and bjing dis- 
charged from the service (>.f the l^nitcd States with his connnand. 



P'irst LiLUienant S. H. Mowland, a native of Toledo, wa."-. educated in the public schools oi that 
citv and at the time of enlistment in the volunteer service was Principal of Birmingham School. 
His first military experience was acquired as a private in Battery "D," to which he became 
attached April 9. 1894. On September nth he was detailed as "(iu'dc-n" and Ju'.y 30, 1895. 
was made Q. M. Sergeant. On the 3rd of March, 1896, he became a tluty sergeant and chief o: 
section. In the same month of the following year he received a commission as ist Lieutenant, 
where he remained and was mustered into the United Stntcs .'-.ervice as such in June. 'i)8. serv.n • 
with the loth Regiment through the war and was mustcrtd out with it. 



Second Lieut. W. V.. Mcllain was born in Scotlan;! and reeeiveil ins first military training in 
the I'.rilisli volunteer service. At the age of se\enteen lie enli;led and served nine months m 
the Nth Hussars— "The Cherry Pickers." Upon coming to .\merica he spent some years in 
Brazil, South America, where he l)ecame a veterinary surgeon. While in that country he served 
in tlic Brazilian army un'.er Don Pedro II., Emi eror of P.razil, in the Paraguayan war. Upon 
returning to the United States he located at Toledo, where, in June, 1888, he enlisted in Bat- 
tery "D" and was made veterinary sergeant. In 1889 he was made regimental veterinary sur- 
geon, in which capacity he served until 1896. On June iitii, '95. he received a commission 
as 2nd Lieutenant and served as such up to and all throu}:li the war with Spain. 




CAPATAIN H. E. SMITH. 



Boys of ^ ^8 — Tcittli Rcgiii/cii/ Ohio I'oliDileer Lifantrv. 



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COMPANY E. 

SPRINGFIELD. 



Urst Lieutenant, 
GRANT S. TAYLOI 



First Sergeant, 
HENRY D. SMITH 
Robert I. Netts. 



Captain. 

HORACE E. SMI 



SERGEANTS. 



.Stoonil Lieutenant. 
RODNEY W. ilELL 



Orie O. Castle. 
Henry K. Morris. 
Cimrles F. Hentiiorn. 



Charles E. Randall, Charles L. Netts. 

CORPORALS. 
William Eccles. Charles Folck. 

Alfred AL Fanning. Roy I-". Gable. 
Edgar M. Humbarger. Reuben .\. Mitnian. 
Walter S. F"ulmer. 



Quarter-Master Sergeant, 
SIDNEY H. BEVITT. 

James N. McConnt 



Charles Dillahunt. 
Robert A. Earnest. 
Wilbur I. Hohl. 



Artificer, Manford S. Teacl 



Peter Herzog. 



Wasfoner, Sat 



.\1. Lock. 



MCSICIANS. 



.•\rthur Humjihrey 



PRIVATES. 



Addlesberger, Bernard Dempsey. Marion 



Alexander, Elmer 
Atkinson, Charles 
Baker John H. 
Bakhus. Carl V. 
Bevitt, Ec'.win D. 
Boland, Frank 
Bradfield. .Albert D. 
Brown, John 
Br>'an, Bert John 
Budd, Charles F. 
Burrett, Emil 
Buroker, James h. 
Carpenter, Albert H. 
Clair, Philip 
Clark, John W. 
Clark, William H. 
Cloud, Charles M. 
Clouse, George W. 
Cook, Charles 



De Van, Charles 
Dillcw, James F. 
Eaton, William 
Elliott, Reuben J. 
Finney, Samuel 
I-'leming, John H. 
I-^olk, Herbert 
I>antz, Dore M. 
Fuller, William E. 
Garrison, John L. 
Grinnell, Bernard 
Harley, William G 
Hoppings, James 
Hoover, James 



Krupt, Benjamin 
Leonhardt, Albert C. 
Little, Daniel 
Long, .'\aron H. 
Luce, William 
Alagnett, William 
Martin, Henrv 
Mitchell. Harrv 
Nagle, Larry 
Norris, Delbert W. 
I'erry, John S. 
Pride, James N. 
Euckridge, Bert 
Ran, Harry 
Rhodes, Irwin 



Henthorn, William T. Riley. William 
Hughes. Milton Robinson, Jo.scpb 



Jones, William .\. 
kaiser, I-'rank [. 
King, Lester 



Dalrymple, Oiarles E. King, Wesl< 



Roller. Oliver 
Rur.^ell. J..sepl> K. 
K'usi, William 
.'•'cherschiuidl. Charles 



Shingledicker, Harry 
Showalter, Clarence 
Shultz, Elmer C. 
Skinner, Cornelius 
Small, Lester 
Smith, Azet 
Smith. David W. 
Smith, Elmer 
SummerviUe, Floyd E. 
Stabner, George 
Stoekle, Clarence 
Stevens, Earnest 
Thalls, Clyde 
Tuft-^, l^arl D. 
\ester, Carl !•. 
Ward. James E. 
W'ingert, Frank O. 
Wingert. Sidney 
Wood. George M. 
^"eazel, Paul R. 



I DISCHARGED. 

Musician Arthui Humphrey. Private Krupt. 

Transferred to regular army. Hospital Corps. Privates Little and Wood. 



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Boys of g8 — Tenlh Regiment Ohio I'oluiileer hifantry. 



Halti-ry "£" was organized as an independent battery of arliller_\- in iS8o l)y Captain Geo. 
Sintz. in Springticld. witli Wilbur J. Colvin I'irst Lieutenant. .\\ the time it was known as the 
Xinth I'.attery. but afterwards ehanged to the I'lfth. After the Cincinnati riots, in 1884, 
through which it served with creiht, it l)ecame a four gun Ijattery, and J. C. ( )gden was elected 
Second Lieutenant. In 18X6. at the organization of the Iwrst Artillery. Capt. Sintz was pro- 
moted to the Lieutenant Colonelcw and John G. Kcnnan was elected captain of T.attery "D," as 
tho organizr.tion had now come to be called. 




UTKNANT K. \V. IiHI.1.. 



At this lime II. I-:. Smitli was electeil Junior Second Lieutenant, was recouuui^, ii.ned in 181,1 
and again in iXgj. shortly after which he was elected Captain ..i the battery and it was under hi: 
leadershi]) tliat thj command entered the Tenth and served ihrougii the war. 

Cai)taiii Smith was born and raise<l in Springfield, joined the liattery as a i)rivate iti t88_> am 
was ma.le C(jrporal June t6th, 1884, which |)osition he held at the time of his conimission a: 
Second Lieutvnatit. 



Boys of gS — Tenth Rcgiutciit Ohio I'olunlecr In anirv. 10 

First Lieutenant • i. S. Taylor was horn near Sandusky. lirie county, ( )liio, on tiie iStii of 
( )ctolK'r. 1868. A lioy on the farm, he attenile,: the public schools of his native town until he 
removed to Tole<lo in 1881. where he also attended the schools of that city. Taking up news- 
paper work, he was connected with the Toledo Sunday Journal for five years, l-'or three years 
previous to enlistment in the Tenth ( )hia he wa ; f.'veman of the Franklin Printing and Engrav- 
ing Co. He enlisted in the National Guard of Ohio, I'.attery "D," First Light Artillery. June 
27th. 1888. and worked his way up from a privati. to Second Lieutenant, being commissioned as 
such on the r4th of ALay, 1895. ^^'llen ISattery F accepted the chance to enlist as infantrv, 
Lieut. Taylor was commissioned First Lieutenant and served with this company until dis- 
charged. 



Second Lieutenant 1\. W. Hell was horn in Alillershurg, Holmes county, ( )lii<), April 16th. 
1872. As a young man Lieutenant Uell worked, at various occupations and finallv moved to 
Springfield in 1879, where at the time of enlistnunt lie was emploved by W. H. West >.^- Co. 
His first military training was receive^', with the organizati' :n which he accompanied to Colum- 
bus on June 25th to become part of the Tenth. 



Like company 'T-:," ccjmpany ■i'~" was also an independent organization i)revi(ius to 1886, 
Ixing known as the 6th Hattery, (). X. (i., and att;.ched to the 8th Regiment of infantry. Capt. 
J. C. Fwart was in command up to the tinu- of the if.t Regiment's organization, when 1 st Lieut. 
J. W. Payne was promoted to the cajjtaincy. Capt. Pr-yne resigned in a few weeks, his term of 
rcivice hr.vmg exi)ired. and 2nd Lieutenant C.eo. M. W'light was elected to succeed him. Cap- 
tain Wiight also serve.l but a short time and in July, 1897. Junior 2nd Lieutenant llerma-; 
Wen-.er wss electc;. Captain, under whi>se able dire lion the liattery served \\y ti; the time o: 
Coining the Tenth. Captain Werner went out witii 1 is cempany. but ill iiealth and business 
interests compellii'. him to re.-ign when it became a'pparent that the regimeii; was not to see 
a.-tive service, and i;n .\ugust 141)1 he received :i hcnciable di::hargc and r.innied honu. At 
tlii.', time 1st Lieut. John AL Straub was commLsfioncd Ca.Jta'n to su;c-ed Captain W'erne.-, 
Mid 2n,: Lieut. J. P, Cohvell was promoted to tiie fii.-U lieutenancy. J-'irst Sergeant W. C. Rus- 
sell was later commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. 



Capt Straub was born in Snyder county Pennsylvania. Sept. 2},. 1872, removing to .\kn 
( )'hio, in March, 1888. 1 le enlisted es a private in Paltery -V" April 3, 1892, serving as such ui 
S(])tember i>t. when he was appointed trumpeter, lie held this important position 11; 
-March iith. i8(j7, and was then made 1st se'-gtanl. h'rom this grade he was elected isl Lii 
tenant. Aug. 12, 1897. liolding that rank until the fortunes of war and. his ability as an ofiic 
advanced him to the command of his company, which he held at the end of the war. 



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Boys of g8 — Tenth Regiment Ohio I'ohtntcer In/aiitr 



COMPANY F. 

AKRON. 



Captain, 
J. M. STRAUB. 



First Lieutenant, 
J. P. COLWELL. 

First Sergeant, 
C. M. HILL. 
J. }L Hollingcr. O. H. Wise. 

Call Khnigenliagen. (ieo. Keifer. 
(-. J. Moll. William Ynutz 

iMike Gahvvolf. j.^seph Myers. 

.Artificer. H. J. Howe. 

F. I. .Speck. 



Second Lieutenant, 
W. C. RUSSELL. 



SERGEANTS. 



J;,nies Linibcrt. 
CORPORALS. 

E. Carol Mellor 
\{. \\. Parker. 
\Vm. Slater. 



Quarter-Master Sergeant, 
J. E. MUIR. 

E. W. Lappin. 



Harry Trun. 
B. E. Wilson. 
Will Hutton. 



MUSICIANS. 



PRIVATES. 



Wagoner, C. Seyfold. 
W. E. Noland. 



i'.tennan, Pat 
I'rigger, Albert 
Chaffee, Daniel 
Chandler. W. G. 
Coleman, Arthur 
Decker, Monroe 
Dice, Wm. 
Dice, J. P. 
iJause, h'rank 
Ecklcr, .'Xdam 
Eckle, Gustav 
Edgar, E. E. 
Fink, Jos. R. 
1-uchs, C. F. 
Gallagcr, Thomas 
Gale, C. W . 



Geis, C. J. 
(;oo>:al, Albert 
ll:'ckelt. Win. ' 
llanlin. l'. C 
Harris. E. M. 
Ilerwick. A. C. 
llerwick. F. i". 
i'avre, C. R. 
Keller, H. E. 
Kilso, W. A. 
Klinglcr, G. W 
Koons, Geo. W 
Korbet, Geo. 
Kramer, (i. I'. 
i,e Daux, I lent 
Le Fevre, M. J 



Lenard, Andrew- 
Lewis, S. F. 
McCann. John 
McDonald, Angus 
Mahoney. D. J. 
.Martin, C. H. 
.Metzler, I'. M. 
.M-ller. Will 
.Mortchland, Dave 
Nelson. W m. D. 
Nigh, Wm. D. 
Pitlinger, Joe 
Kabe, II. J. 
Peineckc, Chas. 
Reinhard, James 
Reinke, G. E. 



koussen. Leo. 
iiadoff, A. 
Reudy. Henry 
Smith. I-:. J. 
Staub. (_)tis 
Stirgner, I larr\ 
.^ues, hrank 
SpciTnnl. Gus E. 
Sharp. !■■. W. 
Siattery, M. T. 
Trauger, C. C. 
\ ermillion, R. L. 
Whalon, Geo. 
Wright. Geo. 
Warner, C. H. 



Private Ii<jrwer, Sept. 6th, 1898. 
C^Tporal Ira Kcch, Sept. i8th, 1898. 
Private Armord Gailord, Oct. 2nd, iJ 



DIED. 

Private Alfred Crook, Oct. 6tli, 1898. 
Coqwral H. C.. Shaffer, Oct. J^rd. i8t;8. 
Sergeant Carol Shoendueve, Oct. 29th, i! 




CAPTAIX J. M. STKAUB. 



Boys of gS — Tenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



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1-^irst Lieutenant J. Percy Colwell was an old infantryman when lie joined the battery in 1894. 
Horn in Macedonia, Summit county, Ohio, Jan. 14, 1873, he later moved to Rerea and became 
a member of Co. •'l)," of the Fifth Regiment, located at that place. Upon locating in Akron 
and joining Battery "F" he was made a member of the signal corps of that command, and later 
promoted to corporal. From corporal he was elected 2nd Lieutenant, and entered the war as 
such, having one bar added to his shoulder straps when Captain Werner resigned. He for some 
time acted as battalion adjutant, and on Dec. 30 was detailed as Assistant Engineer Officer of 
the F'irst Livlsicn. .Second Army Corps, This wa.5 I.de at Canjji ALickcnzie, ilnring the period 
when jjraciioe ninrches and actual niaiiouvers were taking nlacc. 'nvint;- the Rn-^incers ofifi..-cr^ 
an opportunity to acquire valuable exper- 
ience in making maps anl i^turlying the 
topograph\- of the surrounding coumry. 
( )n February 41I1 he reti'rned to his com- 
l-anv to ]>o musiereil out with it. 





[KUTEX.-\NT W, 



LIEUTENANT J !•. COL\VHi.L. 

Second Lieutenant Walter C, Russell entered the v.jlunteer service wearing the chevrons of a 
1st sergeant. ( )n the 20th of Oct. 1898, he dropped the insignia of a non-commissioned officer 
and put on the shoulder straps of Second Lieutenant, having been appointed by Governor 
Ihishnell to fill the vacancy caused by promotion of Lieutenant Colwell. Lieutenant Russell 
was born m St. Louis, Mo., lint his first military exi)erience was obtained in the service of his 
adopted State, wiien he joined Dattery "F" as private on the 7th of May, .1894. (3n Nov. 27tli 
he was made corporal, in July, '97, sergeant, and Nov. 29111 of the same year ist sergeant. 



Bovs of 'g8— Tenth Regiment Ohio I'olunteer Infantry. 



COMPANY M. 

CIXCIXNATI. 



First Lieu 
V. H. (iU' 



enaiil, 
HKIF 



First Se 
Oi'lX S 



IMCOE 
Arthur 1 



Otto \'aderson. 
Milton McGccliin. 
l->ar.!< Delano. 



Ciias. Kappauff. 
Answel Dcltsch. 
\Vm. Baunisartner 
i-red 
jnhen r.rvin-s. 



Captain, 
K. EMERSON. 



SER(il-:.\.\T.S. 

niinghani. riiillip -M 
CORPORALS. 
Ri 



licnry 

Harry 

Willi: i 

Assel Hoc 



Second Lieutenant, 
S. J. McGREW. 

( )uarter-Master Sergeant, 

"da.xiel HEATOX. 

■xcr. William Rov. 



rhe. Chas. Stanley, 

■in. Ceorge .Schniid: 

i',a'.(!win. Michael Murpli 

Wat^oner Thoiiia.s lliggins. 



MI'SICIAXS. 



I lertenstcive. 



Rav McGee. 







I'RIX-ATES. 




.■\danis, John 


!-:ngle, John 


Kramig, l-"red 


Sntith. I')eiij:;niin 


Albeitz. Albeit 


I'arrel, Thomas 


Larkins, Thomas 


Smith, John H. 


Baker, Fred 


h'inklcr, William 


Lavin, Edward 


Sperry, George 


Battist, Gustav 


Fleisrh, Robert 


Logue, John 


Sylvester, Henry 


Barnes, (korge 


Gabriel, Gccr-e 


Lcftus, John 


Tamme, Louis 


Borcavv, William 


Ceng, George 


Manning, John 


Toebben, Harry 


Bogen, William 


Gormley, Tl'.oni:. 


D Middenclo:f, George 


Ury, Felix 


Braun, Fred 


Grape, John 


Mular.ey, Mathew 


Van Pelt, Edwar,'. 


Caldwell, H-racc 


Hammel, Osmar 


Muller, George 


Vcn Felde, Fred 


Caldwell, Irvin 


Haake, Gustav 


McFadden, Chas. 


Westmeier, Henry 


Carrol, William 


Hansfeld, Bcnjar 


r.;:t Oetingcr, Walter 


Wcwer, Seward 


Clott, Chad s 


Heger, Geo gc 


Price, Jam.cs 


Wcnning, Emil 


Cryncs, Jose, h 


Ilubcr, Ccr.rg; 


Rodecker, George 


■>\ittles, Jacob 


Clift. Ernest 


Jaeger, J- hn 


Ruppert, An;,hony 


Wright. Ray 


Cribbtn, John 


Jaegle, Henry 


Schimmol, John 


Wurz, Chas. 


Crambcrt, Frank 


Janscn, Jorepli 


Simon, George 


Yitlier, Philip 


Dickman, Louis 


Jones, William 


Smith, Chas. H. 


Zahn, Armin 


Egbers, George 


Krug, Henry 


Smith, Chas. J. 


Zapp, Andirew 


Elwart, William 


1 


)IS(llARGl':i). 




; Albert 


lli-d..n. 


Thos. I'l 


rocter. 


1 iGhas. 


1 luni|)hreys. 


Sergeant 


Alhert Leighner. 



DllCl). 



)eL;iin-ier. 




CAPTAIN LOW E. EMERSON. 



Boys of ^S— Tenth Regimen/ Ohio lolmifeer Infantry. 28 

Company ••.M," of Cincinnati, was recruited a, the in-inning of the war and was known as 
one of tlie "rook.e" companies of the regiment, very few of its officers or men having received 
any prevous military training. The spirit was there, however, and tl,e proverbial quickness of 
An,encan volunteers n, preparing themselves for service, was exen,pline<i in their case in every 




LIEUTENANT S. J. W'clREW. 

Captain Low E. Emerson, a young business „,an cf Cincinnati was elected and commis- 
sioned Captain, Verner H. (iuthrie ist Lieuten .u, and .S; nuu-1 J. McCrew jtul Lieutenant. 
Captain Emerson was born in Cincinnati Dece.nbcr 2nd. ,.^76, and was the voungest captain in 
the regiment, being but twenty-one years of ag, .,t the tin,e of receiving his commission. Al- 
though it was his t^rst actual military experience he was nu.re or less familiar with army life an.l 
methods, having spent some little little at different army posts in the Nortlnvest. 

His father, Colonel Low Emerson, was a veteran of the Civil War. Ifj organized the nth and 
15th New Jersey Regiments, and later became Corps Quartermaster of the 6th Army Corps. 
He also served as Colonel and Aide-de-Camp on Governor Forakcr's staff for two terms. So 
It was not without a certain amount of military knowledge acquired either by inheritance or obser- 



24 Boys of 'g8 — 'lenth Regiment Ohio I'olunteer Infantry. 

vation, that Captain Emerson entered the service. He had been prominent in athletics durinsr 
his school life, and was captain of the University of Cincinnati foot ball team for one year; be- 
sides playing both base ball and foot ball in several Eastern preparatory schools which he 
attended. After attending college a year, he enteied ui)oii a business career and was engaged 
in that pursuit for four years previous to the breaking out of the Spanish-American war. 

P'irst Lieutenant \'erner H. Guthrie was also born in Cincinnati, on the 20th of January. 1877. 
He attended the public schools of that city and Taft's Preparatory .School, New York City, and 
Watertown, Ct. He also took a two years' course in the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale 
University. Lieut, (iuthrie had command of his company for several months during its term 
of service, owing to the sickness of Captain Emerson, gaining the respect and admiration of his 
men for his soldierly qualities and ability. 

Samuel J. ^^IcGrew, Second Lieutenant of Co. "M," was born in Springfield, O., June 24th. 
1 872. This city remained his home an,! he attended Wittenberg College for two years after 
finishing in the public schools. He served t'.iree years and six months in the hospital corps of 
the Third Regiment, O. N. G., and at the organization of the Tenth was commissioned 2n-i 
Lieutenant of "M" company by appointment o; (Governor iUishnell. 




MAJOR ARLINGTON U. BETTS 



^oys of'gS — Tcn/h Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 



2S 



111. 



SECOND BATTALION — NAVAL RESERVES. 

HE Naval Reserve nioveiiienl in the Unitet! States, although 
scarcely more than ten years old, is a recital of brilliant achieve- 
ments and successes worthy of a far older organization. Massa- 
chusetts, the home of enterprise and bright ideas, had the honor of 
passing the first bill providing for a naval militia, through the re- 
peated efforts of John C. Soley, a retired naval officer, and mem- 
ber of the Dorchester Yacht Club. The new idea proved to be .'u h 
a success that otlier States along the Atlantic seaboard soon took it 
up, and then those having inlan.d water-ways followed suit, (^)hio. 
with two large citus and numerous harbors on Lake Erie, v.-ith 
enormous shipping interests, all within a few hours run from a for- 
eign power noted for her prowess on the seas, ofYered a splendid 
opportunity for tlie developn'ent of an organization adapted to the 
purpose of defending the water front in case of an attack. As 
usual Ohio was equal to the task in hand and soon had two Ijattal- 
ions of fresh water sailors that could hold their own with some of 
the salt water tars that are inclined to scoff at anything that has not a sniff of salt connected 
\ ilh it. 

The Ohio Naval Reserve was the outgrowth of Toledo yachtsmen's ideas. After being- 
authorized by the State kgislation the yachtsmen formed the First Toledo Division July 7th. 
1896, and on the 14th it was mustered into service by .A.djutant General Kingsley. The officers 
chosen were: Lieutenant to Command, Myer Geleerd: Lieutenant Junior Grade, Charles .\. 
Yost; Ensign, Compton Lemmon. 

The division struggled hard for existence, as the legislative act that created it failed to pro- 
vide finances for its support. The boys purchased sea togs at their own expense. The sunuuer 
of '97 saw the first cruise of the "Ohio Navy." In the meantime other boys of a nautical turn 
of mind had not been idle and at Camp Roosevelt on Johnson's Island in Sandusky Hay the 
First Toledo Division, the infant organization, met another Toledo division, the Second; also 
a battalion from Cleveland. After a week's training on the old lake man-of-war Michigap, the 




Boys of gS— Tenth Regiment Ohio I'oliinteer Iiijantry. 



COMPANY G. 

TOLEDO. 



Captain, 
MYER GELEERD. 



A. F. Xicklett. 



First Lieutenant, 
CHAS. A. ^■( )ST. 

First Sergeant, 
H. M. EAGEN. 

J. (;. Schag 



Guy S. I'ollok. 
W, H. Ivewley 
A. V>. Mvers. 



SERGEANTS. 

(iustavc 
CORPORALS. 

Harvev 



Second Lieutenant, 
REUBEN C. LEMMON. 

Ouarter-Master Sergeant, 
~ KE\'IN O'DWYER. 
L. Gens. Earl W. Tayler. 



Harold D. Harmon. 



]•". Kewley. Harvev Alorgan. E. A. Parsons. 

Iios. Koester. W. R. Cunningham. C. H. Myers. 

:.lin A. \an Karsen. W. H. Whipple. 
Company Cook. David Shanteau. 
Artificer, Christian II. Heisey. Wagoner. \Vm. H. Shant 

.MUSICL\NS. 
Henry A. Hudson. Walter 11. Creause. 

PRIVATES. 



I W 



R. 



Barrett, Armen 
Blackman, DeW 
P.othe, A. J. 
P.utler, Carleton 
Cahoun, J. 
Croy, C. C. 
Cusick, Paul 1". 
Canby, Ernest L. 
Campbell, Charles 
Cauley, C. F. 
Chandler, Wright (', 
Cunningham, I-'rank 
Cohen, W. R. 
Chinner, H. I". 
Callard, L. W. 
Dieball, E. E. 
Durriage, Emery J. 
Dongheny, J. J. 



H. 



Lauffer, John 
Logan, Walter J. 
Meyers, A. J. 
.Mills, Harry A. 
.Mills. Harry A. 
Murphy. John P. 
( )'l'.rien. .Andrew 1*'. 
Partlan.l, F. H. 
Peck. . Vug. H. 
Pierce, C. I'. 
I'iene, C. 1*". 
Recter, Cyrus 11. 
icock, Almante R. Recter, John W. 

Rodenhauser, John 
Roethlisberger, A. R. 
Rodgers, Herer H. 
Rothert, Chas. 
Rehfeldt, Olln 11. 



l-".hrbnr, Cliarl 
Eech, M. J. 
F.jipstein, Isadore 
I-lhlenfeldt, Wm. j 
Fitch, Roy E. 
Meig, E. C. 
i'o'.ey, Wm. 
Gordon. J.jhn 1-.. 
( lens, L. C. 
Hal ford, 11. S. 
Haughton, 1'". R. 
Hoehler, Wm. 
H 

llav.'.en, 11. M. 
Kerwin, J. W. 
Kctelson, J. C. 
Langenderfee, Louie 



D. 
Wm 



Lenz. H. C 



St. John, J. 
Sanzenbacli 
Sisco, Arthur 
Smith, A. 1!. 
Smith, Cleut. 
Skidmore, ICarl W. 
Spohn. Howard L. 
Steele. Frank J. 
Stieglemeyer, Fred H. 
Sullivan, John J. 
Tuttle, Cornelius 
Teat.sorth, R. P. 
Turner, H. E. 
\ullete, James 
Williamson, J. F. 
Wil.son, W. H. 
Wirth. Gc... W. 
\-nnng. John 



Corporal Theodore W. Day. 
Corporal Edward Wettheim. 

TRANSFERRED. 
H. W. Alford. 
Harry P.. Ruhl. 
I ( ieo. R. Zenher. 



DISCHARGED. 
Sergeant Wm. P.. CI 
lohn Bovd de l^ree. 
.*^heldon C. Weed. 



Timoi 
Stank 



DIED. 
Aug. 23rd, 



V 1'. Morrisey. 
B. Smallev. 



Ernest M. JelTre\ _ 

Corporal Edward Daly, Sept. i6th, 1898. 




CAPTAIN MYKR GELEKRI 



Boys ofgS — Tenth Regiment Ohio ]"olunteer Infantry . "iTi 

boys returned to Toledo and there put in a long winter's drill in their armory at naval signal- 
ing, with the Lee Rifles, and on an artillery piece familiarly known to them as "Little Jake." 

The marines waited paitently for a call to arms when the Spanish war broke out, and daily 
expected it, ;;s the Naval Reserve was the tirst Ohio organization called upon to prepare itself. 
But the call didn't come for the organization. The department decreed that the boys should 
surrender their identity as Ohio reserves and ship as individuals to be scattered all over the 
high seas, hiasmuch as the New York York, Michigan and other reserves had their organiza- 
tions kept inlacl ami manned ships by themselves, the Ohioans insisted upon better treatment 
than that offereil. They seized upon the opportunity to go to war with their organization 
intact l:)y entering the infantry service. 

( )f the warrant officers of the Toledo Naval BMialiop. Chief Boatswain ^L E. \'an Dusen 
came out as first sergeant of "H" company, formerly .Second Toledo l)i\isi(in. Later he became 
a lieutenant. Harry M. Eagan, Earl W. Taylor and Kevin O'Dwyfr, the other warrant officers 
went out as sergeants in "G" company. 

.-Xmong those |)r(iminent in the formation of ilu- I'.rigade was Arlington l'. Betts, a well- 
known business man of Toledo, and who was also prominent in vachting circles, being at the 
time l-'IcLt Ca])tain of the Inter-Lake Yachting Association. At the organization of the 
Toledo Battalii:)n, he was elected Lieutenant-Ccnunander of the two divisions. This made 
him thv- senior officer of the B.rigade, and whep. the Toledo I'.attalion joined with Clevelan,;, 
making a four company l)attalion for the Tenth Regiment, he was conuuissioned Major to com 



Major Betts made just as good a soldier as he had been a sailor. In addition to a nautical 
education, received at Oxford Naval Academy, on the shores of Chesapeake Bay, which he 
atteiiiled three years, he was in 1889 First Lieutenant of Company "A," Ohio State I'niversitv, 
and in 1890 was Adjutant of the Cadet Battalion of North Western Universitv. In 18(^7 he 
entered the United States Torpedo School oi Instruction on Goat's Island, completing a 
course there, and in 1898 entered the War College at Newport and participated in the wa-- 
games of that year. In addition to a fine military education, Major Betts was well (lualified in 
other respects for a military career. Being of a genial disposition and alwavs showing great in- 
terest in, and kindness to the enlisted men under his connnand, he was one of the most popu- 
lar officers in the regiment. Bom in Bettsvillc, he resided in Ohio nearly all his life, and 
was for some years the head of an extensive manufacturing business in Toledo. In i8()7 he dis- 
posed of his business interests in that city and invested in Mexico, where he was at the begin- 
ning of the war, but np' ni tlie l)reaking (uu of h. •>,t!iities he returne<l to tile Cnited States lo 
take command of the Seconti Battalion, and served with it to the end of the war. 



Captain Meyer Geleerd was born in Toledo, Ohio, May 28, 1871. He attended the best high 
schools of that city and graduated with very high honors from the same in i88y, after which he 
attended the Toledo Business College for about two years, there ac(|uiring a great amount of 



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Boys of ^g8 — Tenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 



liie kind of knowledge that will lead any young, ainl)itious man on to success. He was well 
known among the business men of Toledo, growing out of his connection with the Elks and the 
Masons of his town. » 

For about 8 years he was Captain of an indc])cndent company, and under this excellent mili- 
tary disciplinarian in the manual nf arms and drill regulations, this company managed to ca])- 
ture a prize awarded at Steubenville, Ohio, in iScjj. When the Toledo .Xaval Reserves were 
organized, his company fornu-d what was known as the ist Division, an<l he was given the com- 
mission of Senior Lieutenant of the same, Oct. 3, i8<j6. 




'TKNA.NT C. A. VO.S'l 



First Lieut. Cha 
atier his parents n 
tliey made their In 
soon rose to disii 



\. Yost was burn in llamihun, ( »iii;;|-io, Canatla, .St-pt . .201I1, 1876. ."^oon 
vcd to .\'ew ^•nrk Cily. llieiuH- I.i I'.dSlou. ;ind lalcr lo Toleilo, Ohio, where 
U-. Lieutenant Yost, graduating from the high schools of tliat city, 

til II among his fcllews, belonging to nr ny societies, among the most 



important being the Toledo Yachting Association and the Collingvvood Lodge of I'ree M; 
'I'lien becoming intc;estc(l in the bicycle business, he became idcntilu*'. with the \'ost !'. 
Manufacturing Company as one of the firm, managing tiu- business for nearly two year^ 



Boys of'gS — Tenth Regiment Ohio ^ohintcrr Infantry 



29 



vious to entering the military service, and was in the State of Sanora. Mexico, in the interests 
of the firm when he was called home by the report that the services of the organization to which 
he belonged would be needed. 

In 1890 he entered the Trinity Cadets' Association for the purpose of familiarizing iiimself 
along that line, and remained a member of same until the Naval Reserves were organized in 
iS(;7. He being one of the original members of this new organization, was elected Lieutenant 
Junior, a position which he held until the Naval Reserves became a part of the loth O. V. I., 
when he was given the commission of l-'irst Lieutenant of Company "G." From Oct. i6th, 
1898, to Jan. 15, 1899, he was detailed as Acting Adjutant during Adjutant Welbon's absence 
al Brigade Headquarters. 



Lieut, k. C. Lenunon was born in Toledo, Ohio, July i6th, 1877, graduating from the 
high schools of this city, and at an early age his mind ran in the line of a mercantile life. For a 
long time being connected with the Yost Bicycle Manufacturing Co., and about four years pre- 
vious to enlistment in the loth Ohio he was connected with tlie Columbia Bicycle Co. 

His military career began by joining the Toledo Naval Reserve Organization when it was 
formed on July 7th, 1896. Shortly after joining, by showing his competency, he was elected 
Ensign of this favorite military organization, which he held until his company joined the above 
mentioned regiment. 



Co. "H" was the -eccnd (if the Toledo divisions to be formed, but its organization followed 
so closely that of the First that they were mustered into service on the same date. Ralph W. 
Stewart was first elected to command this iHvision, but on the 19th of August, i897,A. W. S. 
Irvine was made Lieutenant ?nd he remain.d in command up to the time of entering the Tenth 
v.hen he received a commission as Captain of Co. "H." When it became evident- that tliere was 
to be no actual fighting, after peace hid virtually been declared. Captain Irvine resigned and 
First Lieutenant Bliss was promoted to the captaincy on Dec. 8th, 1898. 



Captani liurnett F. Bliss was born on the 14th of April, 1874, in Port Clinton, Ohio. In 1882 
he moved to Toledo, where he attended the public schools. A member of the Toledo Yachting 
Association and Secretary of it for two years, he was naturally interested in the development of 
"Ohio's Navy," ?nd on the 31st of December, 1896, he enlisted in the 2nd Division, ist Battal- 
ion, K. I>. ]„ le,. than a month he was elected Ensign and on March 9th, 1898, was pro- 
moted to Lieutenant. Junior grade, serving as such until he was commissioned a" First Lieuten- 
ant of infantry on July 7t1i. While at Camp Bushnell Capt. Bliss (then Lieutenant) contracted. 
typhoid fever and for some time it was doubtful if he would recover, but a strong constitution 
inilled him through and he was enabled to join his company at Camp Meade and serve with it to 
the end. Quiet and unassuming in manner, Capt. Bliss was a general favorite in camp and well 
liked by officers and men, 



30 



Boys of 'gS — Tenth Rcgiiueiit Ohio ]'oIuntecr Infantrv. 



COMPANY H. 

TOLEDO. 



Captain, 

riCRXETT 1-. liLlSS. 

First Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant, 

frank l. schflllxci. mfnzies f. \a.\ dusfx 

si:r(;faxts. 

First Ser.y;eant, Quarter-Master Sergeant. 

ROBERT \' LAW. PERRY W. WAITE. 

\Vm S. Sumnierskill. Le;<n- W. Wickeiulen. F'anirl W. Ma-on. Weslley S. Thurston. 

Lt)Rl'( )RALS. 

Charles M. Eddy. .Arthur F. Fnnuel. I red Wakefield. I-iank .A. (ninn. 

George B. HoITman. Ihriy O. Dennis. 'I htodcre Maschler. Andrew V . Allyn. 

Charles L. Ferrin. C'larence Skelly. Willi:;ni Everett. John J. Harninn. 

Coniiiany Cleik. Wesley F. Ciozier. 

Artificer, Charles B. Scott. Wagoper, John .\. I'atterson. 

Company Cook, Jesse I). Jolley. 



Fd-ar A. hVaser. 



ivirsiciAxs. 



is C. Lenibk. 



PR[\'ATES. 



.Mexander, .\lbert V 
Asliley, John J. 
Baker, Arthur L. 
Barnhiser, Robert C 
Barror, Albert (). 
l^'^ggs, Brazilla 
I'ott, Joseph G 
Bow.-cn, Edward E. 
iirown, Siloani G. 
Bruce, Eugene R. 
Lurch, Arthur 
Cambric, John 
Carr, Clarence A. 
("happen, Chester A. 
Chevalier, \V 
Clink. Claude 
Connolley, Thomas 
Connors, Michael J. 



l)an:>chroder, C. F. 
Diirian, Louis E. 
E.linger, John 
Egert, George 



Kelly, Roy 11. 
King, Nelson B 
Larkin, John F. 
Lf)gan, I'levius 



•"ackleman, George A. Logan, Theodore 
'Vedricli, Gustav C. Ludv;:kcski, John 



Gardner, Howard J. 
Gates, Albert 
Gessner, George L. 
Glover, Ralph N. 
Good, Benjamin R. 
Gregor}', I'rank Q. 
Hall, John 
Hannnond, Bert 
iam W. Hunter. William E. 
HofTnian, George J. 
Jolley, George A. 



McAllister, Henry 
McCarthy, I-'rank 
McChath, Charles 
Meyers, Andrew P. 
Nafus, Charles R. 
O'Hearn. Edw. P. 
(TBrien. ALiurice 
Pafenbach, John F. 
Pearson, William J. 
Richards, (iomer 1). 
Robertson, John S. 



Rook, 'i'liomas 
Rcnh, Rudolph 
.Sarnes, I'.ugene K. 
.^chcevkr. William C. 
Schwager, lulwanl A. 
Scott, William P. 
Shepa dson, C. AL 
Spenny, Charles (>. 
Strub, Charles E. 
Sunnnerskill, C. J. 
Tanner, Albert E. 
Towers. Frank \V. 
\-ighes, Peter A. 
Willey, kVed W. 
WiUi.-.ms, I'.urtcell E. 
Winn, .\ddison G. 
Wortsmith. llenrv G. 



TRANSFERRED. 



Recce, Edward W. 



.■, Ray E. 



•luckt 
DISCIIARGI'.D. 
1st Sergear.l Meiizies Iv \ an Duscn. 
Sergeant Eied E. Bossard 
Earl R. Myers Will J. Colcleugh 

Julian R. Day Joseph Luce 



Keil, John A. 

Dll 
(icorge J. La Point, Sep 
Frank E. Wismar, Sept. 
Isaac Logan, Nov. 8th, 



.Mcl-adden. Charles L 

:d. 

I. jnd, i8(>S. 
51 h. 1898. 
1898. 




CAPTAIN BURNETT F. BLISS. 



Hoys of'gS — Tenth Regiment Ohio I'ohinteer Infantry. 



31 



First Lieutenant F. L. Schelling was bora in Toledo, Ohio, Feb. i8t1i, 1874. After pass- 
ing through the oranmiar and high schools of the city, he turned his attention to the upholster- 
ing business, but at the time the Naval Reser\'es were called into service, he was one of the 
largest painting contractors of Toledo. 

Previous to this he had paid quite a lot of attention to military affairs, enlisting in the i6th 
O. X. G., in March, iSqo, and appointed Cor[iOral the same year. .\fter serving his term 
of enlistment of three years, getting as high as duty sergeant, he withdrew from ' military life 




LIKUTEXANT F I, .SCHELLIXG. 



LIEUTENANT M. E. VAN DUSEN. 



for a time, but six months afterwards he re-enlisted in the same regiment, Company •■C," and 
served another year. In 1897, when the Naval Reserves became so well well known, he joined 
them and was appointed boatswain's mate of the Second Division, and on April 2, 1898, was 
elected ensign. And when this organization was called into the field as infantry, he was com- 
missioned Second Lieutenant, and promoted First Lieutenant, Dec. 8, 1898. 



32 Boys of 'gS — Tenth Regiment Ohio J'o/nntecr Infantry. 

Second Lieutenant Menzies E. \an Dusen was born in Picton, Ontario, Canada, Oct. 26tii, 
1871. A part of his youth was spent in his native town, where he attended the pubHc schools, 
but soon moved to Flint, Michigan, and there graduated in the high school of that town. He 
then resolved to enter the jewelry business, and. removed to Detroit, Alich., where he was con- 
nected with F. Petz & Co., jewelers, for 5 years. The past few years he has spent in Toledo. 
Ohio, and four years of this time he was a clerk in J. j. iMXcman's large wholesale and retail 
jewelry establishment. 

During this time the Naval Reserve organization was formed, and he became one of the hrsi 
to hand in his name, in fact, being one of the charter members. -Soon after this he was elected 
boatswain of First Battalion, and when merged into a part of the loth Ohio he was appointed 
First Sergeant of Company ■'H." On the 8th of December. 1898, he received the commission of 
Second Lieutenant, vice Lieutenant Schelling promoted. 



The earlv historv of the Naval Reserve movement in Cleveland was proliably not unlike 
that of most military and National Guard organizations in the early days (.f their existence. 
With many obstacles to surmount and difficulties to be overcome, the men who interested them- 
selves in the undertaking woidvcd long and faith. I'ully to bring their efiforts to a s.icces^ful termi- 
nation. 

Capt. D. H. Pond, of Company "K," Fifth Ke,-iment O. N. G.; Capt. Geo. H. Gibson. 
and Lieut. F. .\. McReynolds, also of the I'iith, assisted by Norris J . Shupe and others, 
finally succeeded in getting a bill passed i)roviding in a measure for the support of two division? 
in Cleveland. On the 28th of January, 1897, the division was mustered into the state service. 
and shortly after the Cleveland Catling Gun Battery became the second division. At this time 
Captain Pond, who had been elected Lieutenant to command the First Division resigned, and 
Geo. R. McKay, an old Catling gunner, was made Lieutenant Commander of the Battalion. 
Meantime the old revenue cutter Andrew Johnso.n had been purchased for a training ship and 
the sailor boys were steadily perfecting themselves in the art of navigation. .\ full outfit, in- 
cluding the Lee Magazine Rifle in use in the United States Navy had been furnished them and 
when, in 1898, word came that the Naval Reserve organizations of the country would be the 
iirst fo be called out, extra efforts were put forth b_\- officers and men to prepare for any duty 
that might be required of them. Like their friends from Toledo, they were also .loomed tt> 
.'isappointmcnt, and the best they could do was to enter the infantry service, and as one of the 
boys expressed it, "Tramp around like a lot of land lubbers." 

- Following is the roster of the officers of the two divisions, or companies, as they came out: 
First Division (Company I.) — 

1 LIEUT. WM. B. MAXSON. 
LIEUT. JR., GEO. II. GIBSON. 
.ENSIGN, NORRIS J. SHUPE. 

Second DivisiiJii (Companv K.) — 

LIEUT. ED. D. SHUMER. 

LIEUT. IR. CLIFFORD II. FULLER. 

ENSIGN "(Acting) RALPH T. HATCH. 




CAPTAIN GEORGE H. GIBSON 



^oysofgS — Tenth Regimen/ Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 



33 



After arriving at Camp llushnell rome changes were made in the personnel of the officers. 
Lionl. Maxscn returns', heme and for two weeks or more the command of C"o. 1 devolved upon 
Lieutenant (junior grade) (libson, wli j had been instrumental in recruiting the company up to 
106 men. (~)n July 12th, Junior Lieutenant Fuller of the Second Division (now become com- 
pany "I-C"). was promoted to the captaincy and transferred to Co. "L" Lieuten;.nt Hatch was 
nio\ed up one grade and Sergeant Wni. G. Meade, of "I" company, was connnissioued a second 
lieutenant and assigned to " !\ 




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[EL'TKNANT R. 



Li September Captain l-'uller resigned and Lieutenant (iibson was made Captain, Lieutenant 
Shupe First I-ieutenant, and Acting First Sergeant Molyneaux (First Sergeant Bundy on sick 
leave). Second Lieutenant. ! 



Captain Gibson was born in North Ridgeville, Ohio, Oct. 18, 1852. In the spring of 1857 his 
family removed to Chicago, living in ih: Windy City until 1887. It was in the Illinois xVational 
Guaru that the Captain received his first military training. Enlisting in Co. "A," 1st Illinois 



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Boys of gS— Tenth Regiment Ohio I'oliinteer In/antr 



COMPANY I. 

CLEVELAND. 



First Lieutenant, 
NORRIS J. SHUPE. 



Captain, 
GEO. H. GIBSON. 

Second Lieutenant, 
R(Jli]':RT T. ^lOLYNEAUX. 



EdmuiK 

Harry O. Love. 
W'm. S. Stevens. 
Albert S. Caulkins 



SERGEANTS. 
First Sergeant Quarter-Master Sergeant, 

PAUL A. REVERE. WALTER D. EASTMAN 

B Tompkins. Sam T. Stewart. Joseph B. Clough. Wm. E 

CORPORALS. 
Fred H. Tovell. John P. Essex, Jr. 

Samuel O. Sellers. Robert H. Myers. 

Ren D. Jones. Chester S. Williams 

Company Cook, Thomas JvL Yergey. 
Artificer, Geo. H. Twitchell. Wagoner 

iMUSICTANS. 



I. Farr. 

Abram N. Wileman. 
Calvert J. Winter. 

(nto G. Mcy^r. 

Thomas iNIason. 



Geo. H. Potter. 



Brown, Frank 
lirunner, William 
Burlienn, Loui 
Butera, Mike B. 
Byrnes, William 
Bailey, Arthur R. 
Blackstock, Jas. G. 
Carson, Thomas 
Curry, W. F. 
Cauthard, Harry T. 
Cooke, Milton W. 
Cummings, Geo. H. 
Eastman, Frank R. 
Eckstrom, Carl 
I'orsyth, Louis 
Frazior, William 
l-'arr, Edwin II. 
I'erris, Robert T. 



Goodrich, Marry 
Gleason, Frank Y 
Guthmann, Fred 



Joseph Fink 
IXATES. 

McCormack Frank 
Majors, Carl 
Minnemeyer, Edvvare 



Gundermann, Harry J. Machkner. Robert 



Gavan, Frank Mahrdt, John 

Gould, Mulvin O. .Mcrserbcrg, Hen 

(;rcen, Herbert G. Mish, Guy 

Hartz, Dave E. Mackey, Guy A. 

Hoffman, Robert .Vlinshull. Harry 

Grugal, Gustav (Juinlan, I'rank 

ilogan, Frank J. Ritzmann, Carl 

Hoeltz, Louis Regan. Joseph 

Jamison, J. K. Reed, Chas. F. 

Karnatz, Rudolpli Reuss, Fred 

King, Dewick Reeves, James 

Lamb, Eugene H. Scbott, Otto 

Lewis, Charles Steen, Andrews 

Loewc, Fred Schwalm, Willia 
DISCHARGED, 

1st Sergeant Charles C. Bundy. 

Sergeant James H. Cleland. 

Sergeant A. H. C. Vaupel. 
TRANSFERRED. 
Harry Miller. i'erry L. Morgan. I'.enjamin ]•" 

Herbert R. Clark. 



Stvfien, Gus 
Soeder, Henry 
Senne, Adam 
Sutton, Hal. 
Schurdell, Kdw. H. 
Stirling, William 
Spicer, Ora T. 
Schultz. Jacob 
Thompson, Dallas 
Walsh, James 
Weber, William 
Wagner, I'red 
Wells. Geo. J. 
Wetzel, Louis 
Witte, Edward H. 
Witte. Geo. .\. 



F. R. Johnson. 
1 Ferben Adams. 

( lyde r-. McMillin 

DIED. 
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Infantry, in 1877, in July, 1879, he was appointed Inspector of Rifle Practice with the rank of 
Captain, but resigned in 1883 and four years lattr removed to Cleveland where he entered the 
employ of The Root & McBride Co., one of the largest wholesale dry goods establishments of the 
middle west. As before mentioned, Captain Gibson was one of the hardest workers of the Naval 
Reserve organization and Co. "I" when it entered the Tenth, one hundred and six men strong, 
was largely the fruit of his efforts in recruiting. Always proud of his "boys" the Captain was 
one of those officers who believed it was impossil,le to make regulars out of volunteers and not a 
man in his company Init received his fatherly interest and not one of them ever asked his counsel 
or hel[) in vain. 



l"ir'--t Lieutenant \orris J. .Shupe, a young lawyer of Cleveland, before entering the service, 
was born and raised in the Forest City, attendiiit; the grammar and high schoo's there. Hl' 
went to Kansas in 18S8 but remained only a yea,' and a halt, when he returned to Cleveland, 
and for three years was employed as a locomotive tireman on the Big Four Railroad. Being an 
ambitiiHis young man, he decided to tit himselt for a profession, and immediately took up th,- 
study of law with Hon. .\. J. Marvin, uf the Cle\ eland bar. I',y ijcrscverance ruid hard wurk he 
was admitted to the I'.ar in 1894, and innnediately engaged in the practice of his profession with 
! is former preceptor, under the firm name of Marvin & Shupc. 

Lieutenant Shupe's first military experience was in Co. "B," Fifth Regiment. ( ). X. G., in 189J. 
Promoted to corporal and afterwards sergeant, he was with the regiment during the coal niioe 
riots in 1895. At the formation of the ist Division Cleveland Xaval Reserves, he was elected 
Ensign and served with them up to and including the war, going out as a Second Lieutenant ami 
promoted to First Lieutenant in September, at tl:o re.-ignr.tion of Captain Fuller. In Au-iist he 
was detailed as Assistant Regimental Quartermaster and later as Assistant Regimental ( )rdi- 
nance Officer . At the resignation of Quartermaster Bedell he was made Acting Regimental 
Quartermaster and detailed as Acting Brigade Quartermaster of ist Brigade, ist DivisLi, 2nd 
Army Corps. In I3ccember he was detailed a^ Judge Advocate of General Court Martial of 
1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, and served continuously as such on four successive courts, uiitii 
relieved at his own request, in March, when the company went on provost duty at Summerville 
near Camp Mackeiuie. 



Second Lieut. Robert T. Molyneaux's first military experience was with the luiclid Light In- 
fantry of Cleveland, Ohio, commanded by Capt. \'. E. Gregg, March 15th, i8(/). After serv- 
ing some time he was appointed Corporal in October, 1892; duty sergeant in June, 189,^ and 
acting First Sergeant from 1894 to time of discharge in September, 1896. In 1892 he ac- 
companied his organization to Chicago and participated in the dedication of the World's I'air 
Buildings, and the folowing year served in the coal strike at Massillon, Ohio. 

Lieutenant Molyneaux was one of the charter members of tlie Naval Reserve of Cleveland, an,! 
on Jan. 28, 1897, was appointed Quartermaster, but later in July, 1897, he was appointed P.oat- 



36 



Boys of ^g8 — Tenth Regiment Ohio volunteer Injantry. 



COMPANY K. 

CLEVELAND. 



Captain, 
i ED. D. SHURMER. 

First Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant, 

RALPH T. H.-^TCH. WILLTAAI G. MEADE. 

i SERGEANT.S. 

First Sergeant, Quarter-Master Sergeant, 

FRANK R. SEMON. BENJAMIN F. STAFFORD. 

Finis D. Harvey. \<m. H. Williams. Kobt. C. Hull. 1-rank E. Fawcett. 

CORPORALS, 
ha R. Ri.\. Walter F. Bowman. Michael T. Gilmore. Earle B. Trucsdcll. 

Chas. C. Marlett. W m. R. Foster. Mark h. Copeland. Monroe J. \'an (iorder. 

Fred R. Lm-e. Albert \\'. Beck. Geo. R. i'iedler. Glenn T. Hughes. 

Company Cook, Robt. L. Kintzler. 
.\rtirieer, Vi. G. Larimer. Wagoner, J. H. Devitt. 

MUS1CL\NS. 
P. B. Camp. Clias. J. Palmer. 



PRIVATES.- 



Anderson, Geo. 1I_. 
Anderson, Henry 
Burn, Wm. M. 
Clark, John J. 
Cronin, Wm. V . 
Danford, Dan 
DeLegrau, Albert 
FJonnelly, Robt. 
I-'ollensbee, Edwin 
I'uller, Lafayette 
Gerber, P'rank 
Hawkins, Wm. 
llelman, Wm. 
Henry, Geo. 
Herbert, Wentz 
lioag, Benj. 



Huddle, Charley 
Jlurlcy, James 
L-igo, Ralph A. 
Jones, Evan J. 
Jones, Micliael P. 
Kennedy. John Vl. 
Kilpatrick, Dexter 
Land, Nelson A. 
T^arimer, John M. 
Lawrence, James 
Leuthall, William 
Loftus, John W. 
Love, John 
-Mace, Joim 
Martin, Cilenn W. 
:\Taskow, I'aul W. 



Masters, I'rank 
Mellin, N'ernon .\. 
Mulloy, John 
Ivlclsaac, Daniel R. 
O'Neill, Patrick J. 
O'Rouk-c, John 
Payne, Halsey D. 
I'erry, Walter 
Ray, Chas. C. 
Roe. Benj. G. 
Rose, Archie 
Sattler, Jo.^eph 
.^chmenk, 1". R. 
Sehmeuk, H. R. 
Shafcr, l-'red 
S'hupe, Chas. A. 



Smith, Herbert R. 
Spade, Geo. A. 
Spear, Leon S. 
Strausrer, Albert 
Streator, Chas. P. 
Talcott, Carl 
Thomas, Wm. R. 
Thrumn, Chas. 
Urack, Ma.x 
\'csy, Thomas 
Waid, Fred 
Walter, Louis 
Whitney, Stanley A. 
Williams, David C. 
Zimmer, Henry 
Zimnier, Wm. 



Q. M. Sergeant Flenry V.. McMillin, Jr. 
Sergeant Edward H. Monasniith. 
Corporal Arthur J. Starrett. 
Allen E. Goodhue. Wni. A. Harvey. 

Harry W. Hodges. Ward Loveless. 
Thomas Farley. Wave W. Porter. 



DISCHARGED. 

Corporal Raymond 



Corporal Franklin 
Musician Anton R. 
hrank W. Wheeler 
Edwin C. Sladden. 
Benj. F. Hart. 
Sergeant Frank E. 



A. l-'erris. 
H. Marks. 
Mitermillcr. 

Alonzo C. De\\itt. 

Edward S. Smith. 

Sergeant Wm. H. Reid. 
Davis. 




CAPTAIN E. D. SHURMER. 



Boys of ^gS — Tciilh Rcginioit Ohio I'oluntccy lufaulry. 



swain's ^Nlatc. After the Xaval Reserves were merged into the loth Ohio, he was made Diitv 
Sergeant of Company "I," and from Sept. 9, i8cS, to Sept. 29, was acting Mrst Sergeant, wher 
he was commissioned Second Lieutenant. He acted as Battahon Adjutant for the greatei 
of tlie regiment's service, owing to siclx-nes.-, of Liout. Lenimon. of compan_\' "C.." 




LIEUTENANT R. T. HATCH. 



LIEUTENANT W. G. MEADl 



Capt. E. D. Shnrmer was born in Cleveland, Ohio, March 3, 1869. After graduating in the 
most excellent grammar and high schools of the "Forrest City." he entered Brooks Military 
Academy, where he spent a few terms. Being anxious to attend an institution out.side of his 
native town, he then spent a short time at Phillips' Academy, Andover, .Mass. After his re- 
turn, he secured a position with the tirm of Scofield, Shumer & Teagle. wliere he remained 
from 1888 to i8(j2. He then accepted a clerkship with the Cleveland and Buffalo Transit 
Company, which he held until he was called to duty. 

Belonging to the Cleveland Catling Gun Battery from 1887 to 1890, he held while in this or- 
ganization the rank of sergeant. Like many of his fellow officers he was one of the tirst mem 
l)ers of the Cleveland Naval Reserve organization, and while connected with it. worked himself 
up the line of promotion, becoming Master at Aims, and also Senior Lieutenant of the Second 
Division. 



38 Bovsof'gS — Tenth Regiment Ohio I 'oluntecr Infantry. 

l\alp!i T. Hatcli, First Lieutenant of "K" con:pan_v. was born on the 24tli day of July, 1871, 
in I lirani. Portage county, Ohio. He lived in Carrettsvillc until 1890, and in 1894 graduated 
fmin Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa. While at that institution he became a member of Pi 
C liajitcr. I'hi ( ianima Helta Fraternity. He studied law in Garrettsville one year, in the office of 
K. S. Webb, and was a member of the local Republican committee. He then moved to Cleveland 
to crmplete his law course with Henry C. Ranney. and was admitted to the bar in March, 1897. 
He became a member of the .Second Division, 2nd I'.attalion, (,). \. B.. at its formation and on 
Julv 7th, a feiv days after leaving Cleveland, received a commission as First Lieutenant, vice 
Lieut. C. W. Fuller, promoted. A charter member of the Ohio Commandery Military Order 01 
I'oreign Wars, he was elected Deputy .Secretary of the conmiandery at its organization. 

Lieutenant Hatch was a strict disciplinarian, yet held ihe respect and admiration of his men to 
a high degree. 



Second Lieutenant William G. Meade, a native of Cleveland, was born April 19. 187,^ He 
attended the public schools of the city and afterwards took a preparatory course at Oberiin. 
i^ntcring Aoelbert College (W. R. U.) he graduated from that insiiiution with a deg ce of .\. P.. 
in 1896. While in college he was prominent in athletics, being captain of the base ball team of 
'94 and was also a member of the college glee club of which lie was director two years. 

Entering the 2nd Division of Naval Reserves at the time of their organization he was later 
transferred to the First Division (or Co. I), and went out as sergeant of that co;npany June 25th. 
1 le held this grade when mustered into the V . S. service, but on flie next day, July 8th, was com 
missioneu 2nd L'eutenant and attached to "K" company, vice Lieutenant Hatch, promoted. 
Julv 23rd l;.' was detailed as Acting Ordnance Officer of the regiment and on (Jet. loth to the 
;nme position in ist Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Cor])s. On Sept. 16th he was made 
Aide-de-Camp t.n the staff of the brigade commander and he remained on this detached duty 
u.itil the brigade ceased to exist, at file muster out of the regiments composing it. 

.\ fine musician and general good fellow, Lieutenant Meade was a great favorite both with 
the officers of his own regiment, and the regular army officers at brigade hcacl(|uarters. with 
whom he was associated during the greater part of his term of service. 



^oys of'gS — Tenth Reghnent Ohio I'ohinteer Infantry. 



IV. 



THIRD BATTALION — THE GRAYS. 

LEVELAXD was but a small hamlet when, way hack in 1837, on 
Washington's Birthday — a most fitting day for all good deeds to be 
performed — a meeting was held to organize a military comjjany. At 
this meeting in the old town hall the citizens joined hands, drew up 
resolutions and by-laws, signing their names 'midst the music of the 
village band and tlie the cheers of all; there on that memorable day 
was formed the organization called "The Cleveland Grays." From 
that date the organization has been a power in the history of Cleve- 
land, of Ohio, and even of the United States. 

In 1861, wlien the war broke out between the North and South, 
when Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to preserve the Union, this 
organization was one of the first to respond. During the war they 
fought under On. Ale.\. McCook, and was present at the Battle of 
Bull Run, 101 men strong. In glancing over the history of the 
war it will be found that this organization gave to the Union's 
cause eighty-three officers and three companies of one hunlred 
men each, and among those who gained distinction may he foiuid 
tke names of Gen. James Barnett, Col. Frank Hinton, and Lieut. 
Col. John AL Frazee, father of Captain Henry Frazee. 

The services of the "Grays" have been required at the inauguration of every Governor of the 
State of Ohio since they were formed, and they also had the honor of escorting Presidents 
Hayes, Garfield and Harrison to the capital of Our country. In addition to this they have been 
singled out for special duties at the World's Fair, the Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and also for 
body guard at the funeral services of two of our martyred Presidents. 

.A.lthough repeated attempts were made to get the organization to enter the State service, its 
members always held aloof, preferring to retain their independence. 

Their uniform, a very handsome one of gray with white cross belts and black shakos, had 
become well known from one end of the country to the other, and a connection wiili any State 
regiment meant that they must surrender their identity to a certain extent, by donning the less 
showy regulation suit of blue. Finally in 1898, a bill was passed by the legislature providing 




40 



Boys of 'g8 — Tenth Regiment Ohio I'olunteer Infantry. 



COMPANY A. 

CLEVELAND. 



First Lieutenant, 
ALLEX E. GOODHUE 

First Sergeant, 
ALTON B. CUSICK. 



Captain, 
JOHN R. McQUIGG. 

Second Lieutenant. 
CHARLES B. RODERMOND. 

SERGEANTS. 

Quarter-Master Sergeant, 
\TNCENT E. NICHOLSON. 

iam J. Miller. 



\V 



John P. Shupe. 
Burton A. O'De 



CORPORALS. 
Lurenzo J. Rooney. Alanson Hudson. 



I. Arthur J. Fisher. 

Ebon N. Bunnell 

Geor";e C. McCarthy. 



Robert H. White. 
George W. Warfel. 
y. Wagoner, Ca 

MCSICL'\NS. 

Thomas L. Crowley. 

PRIVATES. 



Edward Claffey. 
C. IL Hutchinson. 



J. Miller. 



Bailey, William E. 
Bastain, Charles 
Ba.xter, James F. 
Belcher, John 
Boyer, Charles H. 
briet, Louis 
Brunner, Conrad 
Buss, John C. 
Caldwell, Lawrence 
Clark, George H. 
Clark, Junius B. 
Davies, Alexander B. 
Dcwald, Frank E. J. 
Dunne, William F. 
Emrich, Joseph M. 
Fitzpatrick, Clarkson 
Fogarty, William 
Freibcrger, Jacob 



Clarence Robbins. 
Charles F. Honey. 



Judd, Clarence E. 

Lackman, Fred. W. 

Long, F"rank 

Logtin, Hubert 

Metcalf, Arthur C. 

Meyer, Gerhard H. 

Muir, Thomas J. 

Murphy, Robert A. 

McClain, Clement L. \'. Smith, Roland D. 

O'Connor, John Z. Stroemer. Adolph 



Garber, Charles H. 

Gates, Edward 

Gellner, Emil 

Gercn, Carl B. 

Goodrich, David 

Griffon, John C. 

Grasgreen, Saul 

Gundell, John 

Hamley, John W. 

Hauk, Bert J. 

Hewitt, Clarence \V. 

Hoard, William J. 

Holter, Irwin B. 

Honey, William 1-". 

Hulbcrt, Geo. W., Jr. 

Humelbaugh, Frank E. Putsky, William ! 

Irwin, William Rezner, John S. 

Jardin. William T. Reynolds, Willian 

DISCHARGED. 
Sergt. Charles B. Rodermond, promoted 2d Lt 
Leo J. Palda 
Louis F. Schultz 



Rutherford 1'.. Reari. 
Roth, Emil A. 
Ruff. Joseph 
Russell, George G. 
Seifert. Albin 
Sheffield, Leander \'. 
Sitzenstock, Carl A. 
Slonskv, Henrv A. 



O'Neil, John R. 
Owens, James F. 
Palmer, Dan J. 
Pierce, Eugene J. 
Power, Homer 



Studer, Thomas 
Swartwood, Josiah B. 
Taylor, Charles W. G. 
Edward \\'est 
Wilhelm, Ray C. 
Wolfram, Alfonzo J. 
Wrobbel, Edward 
Zinunerman. IVaiik 1'. 



Herman G. Gustawes 
Montgomery O. Austin 



Bdlemorc, Peter, Oct. 24, "98. 
Scrgt. Kobcr, killed Oct. 3, '98. 



Dewitt C. Donnell 
Calvin J. Miller 

DIED. 

Sergt. Clement L. Xewhouse. Nov. 2, '98 
Arthur J. Huxtable, Oct. 24th, 1898. 



Joseph Meyer, Oct. 12th, 




CAPTAIN J. R. M QUIGG 



Boys of ''gS — Tenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Injant)'y. 41 

for a three company battalion of engineers. Tlie measure was passed solely for the purpose of 
providing an opening for the "Grays" that would be acceptable to them. Concessions were 
made and on May 30th, after many strong discussions as to the advisability of taking the step, 
the battalion was sworn in as a part of the Ohio National Guard. 

Major Foster, at that time in command, was re-elected Major witli O. M. Schade, E. N. 
Ogram and John Wageman, Captains to command "A," "B" and "C" companies respectively. 

Meantime the second call for troops had been made, and the offers of services which had of 
course been made at the first intimation of war were renewed. This time their ofifer was 
accepted for service in the Tenth Ohio, then in process of organization, and on Saturday the 25th 
of Tune the three companies recruited up to 106 men each, with their neighbors, the Naval Re- 
;.erves, marched down the street on their way to whatever service might be required of them. 

Captain Henrv Frazee, a Past Captain of the Grays, had replaced Captain Wageman in com- 
mand of "C" Company, and Lieut. J. R. McQaigg filled Captain Schade's position upon the 
latter assuming command of the Third Battalion to which they were assigned. 



Major Otto M. Schade was born in ( iermany June 2Sth, i860, after which his parentr emi- 
grated to America and settled in Cleveland, O., where the Major was brought up and educated 
ii. the public schools uf that city. After coming to manhood he engaged in business for him- 
self, and since 1877 has been managing a China and Glassware establishment, one of the largest 
in the citv. His first military experience was with the Cleveland Grays, which organization he 
joined in October. 1882, in which he was appointed corporal in October, 1884; sergeant in 1886; 
elected 2nd Lieutenant in October, 1888, and 1st Lieutenant in the same month in 1890. 
Major Schade was one of the most active workers in this organization, having been a member 
of the board of trustees for three successive terms and for 10 years treasurer of fhe same. He 
also held the prize badge which was drilled for annually and the prize shooting badge, an honor 
worthy a good military man. • 



John Rea McOuigg waj born in Wayne County, Oliio, Dec. sth, 1865. At the age of 18 he 
entered the University of Wooster from which institution he graduated in 1888. While attend- 
ing college he also took a four years' course in the ( lovcrnment military school, at that time 
connected with W'cjoster L-niversity, aiul was .'ippointod a cadet captain during his senior 
year. Having chosen the law for his profession he entered the law school of Cornell Uni- 
versity in the fall of 1888. After spending a year there he entered the senior class of the National 
Law School at Washington, D. C, from which institution he graduated in 1890. Immediately 
after graduation he was admitted to the bar of Ohio and three years later was admitted to prac- 
tice before the United States Courts. He is a member of the law firm of F-Iiley & McQuigg, 
of Cleveland, Ohio. ; 

Shortly after locating in Cleveland he was elected First Lieutenant of Company 
"A," Fifth Regiment, O. N. G., which office he held until the summer of 1892, when 



42 Boys of 'g8 — Tenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

he resigned his commissicn to enter the "Cleveland Grays." When war was declared against 
Spain he took an active part in getting the "Grays" into the field. On May 30th, i8g8, he was 
elected Second Lieutenant, and when the organization was ordered to Columbus in response to 
the President's second call. Lieut. McQuigg vves placed in command of company "A." On July 
7th he was ccmmissiciied Ca[)tain in the Tenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He 
served with the regiment, commanding company "A." from the date of muster into the service 
uf the United States until the regiment was mustered out at Camp Mackenzie, Georgia, on the 
23rd day uf March, 1899. 




I.IKL'THN.VNT A. K. GOODHUI 



IKl"ri-;N"AN 



First Lieutenant Allen E. Goodhue was boru in Rochester, .\. ^'., .Vu^;. loili. 1S77. ( )n 
moving to Cleveland, young Goodhue attended the grammar schools, afler which he graduated 
from the Central High School, lie al.su speiu a year at .\delhert College (Western Reserve 
L'niversity). Being fond of militarv life, lie joined the jnd l)iv., 2nd I'.attaliun, (formerly Cleve- 
land Gattling Gun Battery), Ohio Naval Brigade, in August, 1897, and when iluy weul into 
service as a part of the loth Ohio Infantry, he was appointed ist sergeant of Co. "K," whicii 



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Boys of g8 — leiilh Regiment Ohio I'oliinlccr Infantry. 



43 



COMPANY B. 

CLEVELAND. 



Captain, 
EDWARD N. OGRAM. 
First Lieutenant, 
J. HAROLD GAUNTER. 

.SERGEANTS. 
First Sergeant, 
CHARLES G. RANSOM. 
Frederick O. Hirsching. William Donahue. Wni. 

CORPORALS. 



Second Lieutenant, 
DAVID A. KEISTER. 

Quarter-Master Sergeant, 
WILLIAM H. BRUSH. 
Boettirscher, Jr. Irat S. Bassett. 



Frederick Radder. 
David F. Kevs. 



Joseph E. Shibley. 
Terdinand Battenfi 
David Adams. 



Artificer, Emer M. French. 



William N. Camp. 



Karl W. Schubert. William J. Reilly. 

George H. Freeman. Louis J. Lothrop. 
John M. Schilling. 

Wagoner, Arthur P. \'an Orman. 

MUSICIANS. 

Phillip \\'. Knapp. 

PRIVATES. 



Alden, Henry C 
Aring, Ernest H. 
Brown, Clifton 
Below, George 
Bigus, John A. 
Bates, Elilni M. 
Bittner, Edward 
Blickert, Edward A 
Bliss, William F. 
Bly, John J. 
Boedvvig, Louis 
Burke, James 
Burke, George 
Buchman, William 
Connor, Michael M 



Clements, George 
Collins, Thad. 
Cowan, David 
Cull, Thomas 
DeHart, Burson 
Di.xon, James G. 
Edwards, Warren 
Emerson, Peter C, 
Emerson, William 
Fangmeier, Alfred 
Feinkohl, Fred 



Gronow, Benjamin 
Gronow, Harry 
Hamilton, Clyde 
Hemesy, Edward 
Hopkins, William J 
Howells, William L. 
Huntsman, John M. 
Klopfstein, Samuel 
Knapp, Martin 
Kavanaugh, Walter 
Koch, Jacob C. 



Fernandez, Roberto J. Kortz, John 



Kovach, Geza 
Laubert, Fred S. 
Maloney, Andrew 
McCormick, William 
McGregor, George 
McNamara, Thomas F. 



Moravee, Frank 
Osborn, Henry L. 
Ott, Charles J. 
Phillips, William 
Porter, Charles W. 
Pratt, Clyde E. 
Rafter, Edward C. 
Raymond, Robert E. 
Reynolds, Francis T. 
Robinson, Abe 
Rooney. Thomas 
Schlund, Frank J.. Jr 
Snitil, John F. 
Thompson, Tod T. 
Weaver, Franklin C. 
Weiss, Morris 
Zoller. Edward E. 



Fisher, Charles A. 

I'Yank, Max 

Franklin, Thomas W 
Canfield, Ulysses S. G. Garvey, Michael 
Cleary, John J. Goode, James W. 

Clements, Eugene G. Greber, George W. 

DISCHARGED 
Geo. G. Arthur, Aug. i6th, '98, appointed paymaster with rank of Major, U. S. V. 
Sergeant Donald C. Scofield. Sergeant Walter J. Munroe. 

Albert Haake. Charles Finger. Jack F. Sheridan. James Barron. 

John McDonald. Seldon Sanford. Herbert M. Snyder. Henry J. Daniels. 

DIED. 
Guy Cottle, Sept. 28th, 1898. 



44 Boyso/'(p'S — Tenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

the division caiiK- to he calk-d. On Sept. 2jnct, 1898. he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. 
and was assigned to Co. "A." He then on the j.;th of ( )ctobei-. was commissioned ist Lieut, 
and was detailed as Actin<,r Recrinu-ntal Adjutant from Dec. I9tli, 1898. to Jan. loth, 1899, and 
.served as such until the re.^iment was mustereA out of service. 



Second Lieutenant Chas. IS. Rodermond was liorn in Cornwall, X. V., May 18, i8r\^. 

After spending his youth in his native town, attending school there, in Newberry, N. Y., and 
also Business College in New York City, he then went to Cleveland, Ohio, and became con- 
nected with the Columbia Ice Company, which position he held until entering the service. 

In 1884 he joined '"The (iravs" and remained a member of that organization until the war 
broke out, when he was appointed First Sergeant of Company "A." He held this i^osition 
until Oct. 29th, 1898, when he received the commission of Second Lieutenant, to till the posi- 
tion made vacant by promotion of Lieutenant Gcoc.hue, vice Lieutenant H. V. Shupe, resigned. 



Captain F.dward X. Ogram, of "i;" company, was born in Cleveland. March 8th. 1850. He 
was educated at the old Shaw Academy, East Ckvek-nd. but at the age of fourteen he entered 
the Adjutant Ceneral's Department of tin. .\rmy of the James and .served as clerk during '64 
and "65. In 1873 he joined the "Cirays," was afterwards made corporal, then .sergeant and in 
October, 1881, was elected Second Lieutenant. He also served as A<ljutant an 1 Inspector o\ 
Rille Practice. At the time the organization aftil iated with the Tenth he was Cajitain of "I'." 
company and was commissioned as such in the volunteer s.rvice of the V . S.. July 7th. 1898. 
One of the oldest members of the (irays, he has always taken a leading part in their business 
affairs and been deeply interested in their progress from a military standpoint. 



i-irst Lieut. J. Harold Caunter was born in Devonshire, England, Dec. 4. 1S69. his parents 
then emigrating to .-Kmerica, taking up their abode in Cleveland, Ohio, J . Harold passing 
his second birthday on board the ship. I le attended the i>ul)lic schools of Cleveland and 
graduated from the Forest City liusiness Colljge. but not wishing to follow that line, he took up 
the building trade, and became one of the firm of J. H. Caunter ^: Co., a large contracting 
firm, and for between three and four years he was insjjcctor on the i)oar.l of L'nderwriters of 
Cleveland. 

This officer joined the (irays in 1891, going in as private and rising to <luty sergeant, ami 
when this organization went into service, he was connnissioned as First Lieutenant, and was 
detailed as Urigade luigineer Officer from Jan. ist, 1899. to the mustering out of the regiment. 



Second Lieutenant D. A. Keister was born in New Haven, 111., and attended business college 
at I'ougiikeepsie, N. Y. He belonged to the Pennsylvania National Guard for a few months 




CAPTAIN I'. N. OGRAM 



tioys of'gS — Tenth Regiment Ohio I'olunteer In antry. 4o 

in 1884, which was the only military experience he had up to the time of joining the "Grays," in 
i8q6. At the mustering in of Co. "B," July 7th he was commissioned Second Lieutenant and 
for a part of his term of service acted as Adju'a.if of the Third Battalion. 

Co. "C" was the youngest of the three com- 
i^anies, as previous to May 30th the Gray's bat- 
talion consisted of only two companies "A" and 
"!)." Captain W'ageman, who at its formation 
\\as clecte.I to command, was unable to leav 



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LIEUTENANT J. HAROLD GAUNTER. 

business interests when the call came, and Past Captai 
tb.ird company. 



Captain Henry Frazee, was born in Clevclanil. ( )hi,)^ in 1856. He began his military career 
as private in the Cleveland Grays' organization, April 14th. 1871. and was made corporal in 
1879; first duty sergeant in 1881; commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in 1884; ist Lieutenant in 
1890, and Captain in 1893. From 1894 until ccmmissioned Captain in the loth O. V. L he was 
on the list of retired Captains, being made a life honorarx- member of the Grays, and serving as a 
member of the board of trustees of that organization. He was appointed senior vice com- 
mander of the national order of Sons of Veterans in i88<), and department commander of the 
same order of his native State in 1884-5. 



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COMPANY C. 

CLEVELAND. 



Captain, 
;\RY FRAZEE. 



First Lieutenant, 
FREDERICK M. FANNING. 



Second Lieutenant, 
PERRY E. HATHAWAY. 



SERGEANTS. 



First Sergeant, 
CHARLES F. GECKLER. 



Quarter-Master Sergeant, 
CHARLES A. ALEXANDER. 



Will E. Price. 

Newton L. McGuire. 
Joseph F". Heinzman. 
Jay F. Ake. 



John FL Brewster. 
Louis Aulenbachcr. 
James T. Boardmnn 



Artificer. Otto Krieger 



William L. Mi 



laetinger. William G. Munn. John C;. Glueck 

CORPORALS. 

Chester Dynes, 
(ieorge H. Price. 
Thomas Donovan 

Wagoner, William T. Gilber 
.MUSICIANS. 



Oliver P. Lockard. 
Gustav Kappenniacher. 
Don B. Husted. 



Henry M. Adolph 



'RIXWTES. 



App, Floyd T. 
Bastir, Frank V . 
Brennan, John C. 
Bubak, Lada C. 
Bosgra, Henry 
Baxa, Thomas P. 
Blake, William J. 
Brenner, Albert .\. 
Brewer, Claude L. 
Costigan, E. W. 
Callahan, Martin 
Carman, Oliver G. 
Caris, Charles H. 
Cohen, Isaac 
Cass, John E. 
Campbell, Robert I. 
Coughlin, Daniel 
Durck, Edward 
Dunn, James B. 



Enright. Michael 
Evans, James 
Frank, Fred 
F'egan, Edward J. 
Fuller. Albeit L. 
Griesser, Frank 
Griesser, Fred 
Gressard, Frank A. 
Gosnick, Otto 
llan-inglnn. W. 11. 
Ilari, Joseph 1). 
Helm, Joseph C. 
Kirschncr, Charles 
Keating, Maurice R. 
Kortonick, Lcniie 
Kortonick, Tony 
Kepplcr, Edward A. 
Kuehn. C!ias. 1-" 
Lindow. (iustav 



Lucks, Albeit 

Lichtenberg, Charles 

Mahon, James 

Maher, Charles 

Martin, Paul J. 

McGovern, James 

.McKeown, Thomas P. Shikowsy, Emi 

.McCarthy. Thomas J. Slater, Adolph 



Roberts, James L 
Straka, Joseph F. 
Shattuc, Edwin S. 
Scheuring, Oscar 
Sullivan, Edward J. 
Stedronsky, S. A. 





llenrv 


ICKvoo.l 








Willi:. 


m Willi;i 


mis. 




Trai 


isferred 
Ralph 
Owen 


> to 11 OS 

Root. 
Craig. 


jiiial 


Corjjs. 



Murrav, Char'.es A. 


Schaar, \'incent D. 


.McNaily. I-rank 


Swaffield, Harry 


Okcrt. Oscai O. 


Stotter, Joseph H. 


( )wens. Lewis 


Tyler, Ralph FL 


Price, Joseph H. 


Wagner, Joseph 


Price. Walter W. 


Weber, William S. 


I'iiilpott. i'ercy J. 


Watson. hVank H. 


Ky.ier, Clarence A. 


Welsh, J.ihn 


Ryder, John R. 


White. .Arthur 11. 


Rock. Edward 11. 


Young, William 11. 


Randall. Walter W. 




ARGI-.I). 




•i"hnm;i 


is .\'. Miranda. 


Williai 


n A. Rasch. 




DII-D. 


William Tlioemmes. 


IVank 


Crawfonl. 




CAPTAIN HKNRY FRAZEE. 



Boys of^gS — Tenth Regiment Ohio i^ohinteer Infantry. 47 

Mist Lieutenant Frederick ]\I. I<"anning was torn at Monroevillf. Huron county, Ohio, July 
loth, 1861. Being adapted to study, he soon became efficient in the many branches of the piiljlic 
schools of his native town. His parents then moved to Cleveland, where the young fellow 
became connected with the Cleveland Plain Dealer, as chief correspondent, afterward joining with 
tlie Press, for which he corresponded during the entire service of his regiment in the field, thus 
relating all the happenings to friends at home. He was elected as a member of the 
Cleveland Gray.- in July, 1892: was appointed color serqcpnt in 1804; sergeant major in Oct 




LIHUTEXAXT K. 



.lEUTEXANT P. E. H.\TH.-\\V.\V, 



i8g6. \\'hen the Grays were merged into the National Guard he was elected 2nd Lieutenant 
of Co. "C." 1st Battalion of Engineers, and commissioned on July nth. i8(j8. He was com- 
missioned as First Lieutenant of volunteers on July 7th . 



Second Lieutenant Perry E. Hathaway was born in East Claridon, G«auga county. Ohio. 
Sept. 5th, 1863. He attended the public schools of his own town, and afterward Western Re- 
serve Seminary at Farmington, Ohio, where he acquired the learning which helped him in after 
years, that of bookkeeping. He early moved to Cleveland and took up his line of work, secur- 
ing a position with tlie firm of Gere, Trnman, Piatt & Co., as chief bookkeeper. He afterwards 



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COMPANY L. 

ZANESVILLE. 



Laptain, 
CHARLES A. REYNOLDS. 



First Lieutenant, 
WILBOR H. PHILLIPS. 

SERGEANTS. 
First Sergeant, 
HARRY J. DENNIS. 
William C;. Dickman. Claude H. Evans, 



Second Lieutenant, 
HENRY A. BUERHAUS. 



Quarter-Master Sergeant, 
EDWARD STARKLY. 



Louie C. Swope. 



CORP(JRALS. 



George F. Bell. 

Charles McCahill 
James G. Grubb. 

.Artificer, Hugh Purely 



Robert AL George. 
Dewey Hutchison. 
.\lden AL Dietrich, 



l->ed D. Hoopes. 
Robert J. Burns, 
Walter W. Suttles. 



.\IUSICL\NS. 



Earnest Clark. 



Wagoner, William 



Henrv Fouts. 



Carl B. Phillips. 

James R. Larimer. 
Thomas M. Doty. 
John Ferguson. 

r. White. 



PRIVATES. 



Acbesoii, Charles 
Adrian, Edward 
Adrian, William 
Bailey, John 
Bain, Sylvester 
Brown, Bert A. 
Brown, Hershel \'. 
Brown, William E. 
Caldwell, John 
Campbell, Frederick 
Carson, John L. 
Chalfant, Ernest 
Cobb, Sylvanus 
Colman, Clinton 
Crooks, George 
Dosch, Lee C. 
Dover, Harry 
Doyle, William 



Dozer, Charles t). 
Dummeade, Samuel 
I'rasley, Henry 
I'clunslee, Charles 
I'outs. Harry P., 
I'liuts, Pliiiieas 
l'"()Uts. William 
l-'recmaii. Martin 
iM'itz, Louis 
( iicscy, Louis 
Harris, Charles 
llauserman, Eriiest 
Hayes, John 
Hina, Charles 
Hull, Curtis 
Hull, William 
Kain, Jolin 



Kildow, Clarence 
Klies, David 
Lonley, Carlos 
Loyed, John 
Maroney, James 
Mathews, Robert 
McGee, Walter 
.Milvin, Charles 
Mills, Chester 
Minor, W'illiam 
Money, Thomas 
.Mitchell, Alexander 
Nicholas. Louis 
Norton, \'ernie 
Nowell, Roy 
Osborne, George 
Orwig, .'\rchford 



I'arrish, Louis 
Pa.xton, James 
Paxton, George 
Riley. Stephen 
Roach, Richarvl 
RothriK-k, James 
Rowland, Henry 
Rush, William 
Sines, Thomas 
Sproat, Frank 
Stull, Rhey 
\'arncr. Otto 
Warier. 1 loward 
Wendell, Otto 
Wiles, Florence 
Wilson, Harlin 
Wood, George 



DISCHARGED, 



Corporal Charles F. McCoy. 
Forest Tomson. .Mfred Wolfe 



Sergeant Marti 
William Wells. 



J. Sauer. 

Carl Ramsv. 



DIED. 
William Korn, Oct. 



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served Stone & Wilcox Co., and the National Furniture Co., beint;^ with these three firms for 
nearly 20 years . 

He ranked hij,d) in the society of that city, being a member of the Iv. of P.'s for about twelve 
\ ears, taking all the degrees and holding every position in the line of officers of the same, and 
aiso belonged to the Grays from 1892 until 1898, then entering the loth Ohio as First Sergeant, 
but was commissioned Second Lieutenant July 7th, i8<;8, and was detailed as Acting Regiment- 
al Commissarv Officer from Oct. ^, 1898, till regiment was mustered out of service. 



Company "L" was another of the "rookie" companies recruited to fill up the three battalion 
formation. Although a new company, and lacking the training that the ten National Guard com- 
panies had received from their past service, they made up in enthusiasm what they lacked in 
experience, and under Capt. Reynolds' able leadership they progressed rapidly in the duties of 
infantrymen, perhaps more so in some respects, than those who had been connected with other 
branches of the service, and who had to unlearn many peculiarities attained by the dififerent 
tactics emploved in those branches. For instance — it was hard for the Naval Reserves to 
break away from the manual of arms used in the navy, by sailors on duty ashore and armed 
with the "Lee" rifle, and the artillery boys found it difficult to handle a gun, being accustomed 
to using the sal)re. At any rate, h\ the time the uniforms had arrived, no one could tell by 
watching the dilTerent companies at drill, which were the old and which the new. After all, the 
i.niftjrm of a soldier cuts quite a figure in discipline and correctness of movement. Give a body 
of men in citizens clothes guns, or any other implements of warfare, and just so long as they 
lemain attired in the togs of civilians, all the drilling that might be given them would not make 
them good soldiers. But give the same men uniforms of any sort, and a few Ijrass buttons to 
keep clean and bright, then discipline and unison of movement become apparent at once. They 
feel the soldier, and with the coat buttoned up to the chin it seems right to extend a salute ')r 
carrv a gun, where, in a dress that is unmilitary, a feeling of awkwardness prevails. 

Company L was organized for the purpose of going to war, at a time when it was evident 
that troops would be needed, consequently there were none of its members that felt obliged 
to go on account of belonging to some company that would be called upon because of being 
m the State service. They were volunteers in every sense of the word. 

Capt. Chas. A. Reynolds was the organizer of the company which he named the "Foraker 
Guards," and on the evening of the same day (April 19th, 1898), he tendered its services to the 
Governor of Ohio and was accepted into the O. N. G. as Co. "C" of the 17th Regimen-:, arriving 
at Camp Bushnell on the morning of June 23, 1898. He was then transferred into the loth O. 
V. L as Co. "L." 



Captain Reynolds was born at Steubenville, Ohio, Feb. 17, 1857, entering the National Guard 
as a private in 1875, being then a member of the famous Steubenville Greys and the McCook 
Light Guards of that time, serving with the latter in the Tuscarowas Valley coal strike in May, 



50 Boys of 'gS— Tenth Regiment Ohio I'olunteer Infantry. 

1876, and was everywhere known as an amiable young man, always true to duty. Afterward he 
organized, and was elected Captain of, the Sherwood Guards, independent, of his native town, 
in 1880. 



First Lieutenant \Mlbor H. Phillips was born in Shenandoah, Iowa. May 24, 1876. His par- 
ents removed to Zanesville, Ohio, the same ycai. He there attended the public schools of that 
town, graduating from the same with high honor. When the loth ( ). \'. I. was organized, he 
was enlisted as Second Lieutenant of Co. "L," and was promoted to First Lieutenant Oct. 17, 
1898, filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of Walter O. H. Black. 



Second Lieutenant Henry A. Buerhaus was born in Zanesville, Ohio, May 20, 1877. educated 
in the public schools of his native city, entering the volunteer service as duty sergeant in Co. 
"L," loth O. V. L, when the regiment was organ'zed. He then received the appointment of ist 
.sergeant Jtsly 19, 1898, and commissioned 2nd Lieutenant Oct. 17th. 1898. vice Wilbor H. 
Phillips, made 1st Lieutenant. 




LIEUTENANT H. A. 



CAl'TAI 
BUERHAU; 



c. A. kia: 



■.UTENAN'T W. U. I'HILIl'S. 



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Boys of ''gS — Tenth Regiment Ohio I'ohinteer Infantry, 




CAMP MEADE — MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA. 



■11 .Uj HE real history of the Tenth Ohio began upon leaving Columbus— that is, the 
Afi'^* mteresting part began then. Not that the time spent at Camp Bushnell was any 
/^fg^ les-, important than any oth:r period— for the fitting out and early training of 
anv body of troops is of course a very essential part of its existence, and upon 
those early conditions depend much of its effectiveness as a fighting force— buc 
U was at Camp Meade that the Tenth had its first contact with any considerable 
l)ody of soldiers and it was there that military science, in the strict sense of the 
word began to be taught. 
Then the men had gotten away from home influences, and they felt that they were n<-) 
longer "tin soldiers," but in the field, and that the eyes of regular army ofiicers were upon them, 
who noticed all the little defects that are overlooked by the civilian and even the National Guard 
officers. It was there that they first became attached to the army proper, becoming (for a 
short period only) a part of the Second Brigade, Third Division, Second Army Corps. Major 
General Graham was in command, and the occasional glimpses had of him were the first that 
many of the men ever had of an officer of that grade. 

\\ "hat is there in the presence of an army man that impresses one with the sense of power.-' 
Officers of the highest rank are often small men, physically, and yet, even in citizens" clothes 
there is sometliing about them that- is at once Imposing and indicative of power. Every word 
spoken, every gesture made, every glance of the eye, hints at a hidden force that only needs 
opportunity to make itself visible, and the higher the rank the more apparent become these 
marks of greatness. Be that as it may, both officers and men began to improve rapidly in the 
matter of discipline and military courtesy, and while of course there were many rough edges to 
be filed off, the Tenth Ohio began early to gain the reputation of being one of the best volun-. 
teer regiments in the service. 

Then the situation of the camp— its beautiful surroun>':ings, pure air and perfect sanitary condi- 
tions, began at once to have a beneficial effect. The sick books began to show less new cases 
each day, while those who had been afflicted with one complaint or another began to report for 



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diUy. -Bright eyes and sunburned faces, told of .a.od health that is brought about by life in the 
ontn air with plentv of exerci.-e and good plain wholesome food (and no: too much of it) to 
supply the vitality necessary in any active work. 

Perhaps no camp was ever more happily situaie.i. Only a short distance from the banks of the 
Susquehanna River, on the sides of hills commanding magnificent views of that beautiful stream, 
were dotted the thousands of white tents of an a;n}y corps. Here and there, on the top of a green 
clad hill could be seen the Hag staff of some brigade Or division headquarters, with Old Glory 
I'oating proudly in the breeze. What a few months before had been a vast expanse of farm and 
woodland, devoted to that most peaceful of pur.suits, agriculture, was now the scene of warlike 
l^reparatioiis and military pageants. The rnt'le of musketry reverberated from hilltop to hilltop. 



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wbcre not long since was hearil nothing more CO. ui;:ilive ili;'.n the bellowuig of cattle or the 
cackling of barnyard fowls. 

It was 11:15 P- m- «'"' f'l'-" 'y'l "' August, tha the train, consisting of three sections with a 
battalion to each section, pulled into Middletovvn. Slee|)ing on the cars that night, the njxi 
morning shelter tents were pitched on the lianks of a little creek close to the village, remaining 
there until the morning of the 23th. when regulir c.imp was established on the pipe mill road. 
It was during those early days that the regiment Karned what I'eimsylvania hospitality meant. 
It seemed as if tlie people o,' the little village vied with each other in extending courtesies to the 
Ohio boys. The sick were remembere.'. with all llie little delicacii-S allowable (and some th;it were 
not) while the v. ell were not forgotten with more substantial articles of diet, blowers in profus- 
ion, reading matter, fruit, all these and more found their way to the boys, but what they prized 



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more than all else was the fact that doors were opened to them in many a family circle, where, 
after the duties of the day were over, the social side of life could be cultivated. 

For a while the rations were not "coming any too fast, nor in any too great variety," as one 
of the men expressed it, and then some took to the habit of "taking their meals out," and never 
was a hungry soldier turned away from the door unfed in that conmnmity, whether it was just 
after pay-day, or just before. It would be hard to tell (from a ^liddletown standpoint) the exact 
time when travel rations were exhausted, and fr.^h meat and the regular allowances began to^ 
be issued, but it is said that some people of thai locality b.ave to this .'.ay a very poor opinion of 
Uncle Sam's commissary department. 

On the 4th of October four companies of the Tenth went on provost duty and the ties of friend- 
ship alreadv existing were more firmly cemented than ever. 

On Sept' yth occurred one of the finest reviews of the war. The entire Second Army Corps 
with nearly twenty thousand men. passed in review to do honor to Secretary of War Alger, w^ho 
with numerous officials from Washington, General Shafter and other heroes of bloody battles 
in Cuba, were on a tour of inspection of the different camps. It was a beautiful day and the sight 
of that immense body of troops lined up for review in a large field near the First Division hospi- 
tal was one not soon to be forgotten. .Music from a score of bands, fluttering guidons indicat- 
ing the different brigades, with here and there a division flag surrounded by brilliant stal? officers 
u-ho from time to time dashed over the field carrying orders from their chief, the whole making i 
briiliant an-! imposing spectacle. Then when the commanding general and reviewing officers, 
follow ed l)y the great yellow corps flag with its red. wliite and blue clover leaf (the insignia oi 
th.e Second Army Corps) in the centre, had pas.ed up and down the long lines of men standing 
like statues, orders were given and the whole coips broke into column and marched by in review. 
To one unaccustomed to military customs, the various flags and guidons used to des.gnat: 
the sub-divisions of any considerable body of troops are very confusing, and their meaning is 
hard to solve. Yet the arrangement is a very simple one. being for the most part a grouping of 
the three national colors, red white and blue. For instance,— the badge or insignia of the Second 
Army Corps is the four leaf clover. The corps b Jng divided into three divisions, and they in turn 
into three brigades of three regiments each, the markings remain simply a matter of arranging 
the three colors. Red represents the First Division, white the Second, and blue the Thir.l, 
thereforearedcloverleaf on wliite is the First Division flag, a white clover leaf on a blue flag 
represents the Second Division, and blue on red the Third, the Corps flag being on a yellow 
field with a clover leaf of the three colors combined. These are all rectangular flags, the brigade 
o-uidons being triangular in shape, each one being made with three colors. When the red is 
next to the staff it represents Inrst lirigade, white next to the stafif Second, and blue next to the 
staff Third, only as there are three brigades to a division some other distinction is necessary 
and here again the clover leaf is used in the mid.lle section to designate the division as before. 

Beginning with the first of September brigade an<l <livision drills became a common occur- 
ence. The^ofiiccrs were evi<lently there to learn as well as the men, and every opportunity was 
given the field officers to handle large bodies of troops. These maneuvers usually taking place 
in the afternoon, the mornings were devoted to instruction in extended order and the firings. 



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There was work in plenty for all who were lookinrr f,ir it and some found work in looking for 
those who were not. > 

On September i6th Colonel A.xline was cletailtd to take command of the First Brigade, and 
from that time until Dec. 6tli, was .\cting Brigadier General; Lieut. Col. Dana taking command 
of the Tenth meantime. Adjutant Welbon was detailed by Colonel Axline as Acting Assistant 
Adjutant (jeneral, and Lieutenant Meade as Aide-de-Camp; Lieut. Chas A. Yost acting as 
I\egimcntal Adjutant in place of the former. 

Owing to business interests and feeling that there was no probability of his services being re- 
tpiired in any active campaign. Rcgiincntal Oua',crni;;ster Lieut. A. 11. Htdell, resigned on Sept. 




Cll AI>I..\1N T. C. 



2int\. In lo ing liim the regiment lost one of its u'usi [ (>|)nlai i.iTu-crs. luidowe,". with a happv 
dispositii.n., Liiut. r.ed.'ll had a way of performing the by no means ea.sy duties of his position 
in a maimer that wa.-< at (AKt; pleasing yet effective. He could give a man who wore a number 
nine shoe a [);;ir of number sevens, and when he returned to protest would thnnv in a pair of 
lacings or so and send him off, satisfied that he had received just what he wanted. Lieut. Harry 
W. Morganthaler, of Co. "A," was appointed his successor; First Sergeant .\. !■". Coodhue, of 
"K" c(jmpany being commissioned Second Lieutenant and assigned lo "A" comiiany. 

Scon after Lieutenant liedell's return home Chaplain Hanks announced his intention of resign- 
ing and Sci)tember 20th, he too left "his boys," .-is he called them, and to every one's regret 
departed for his home in Zanesville. The interest he had always sliown in the wellfare of every 
man in the regiment, not only from a spiritual stanclpoint but from a mental antl pliy.-iical point of 
view as well, had gained for him the respect and gratitude of all. His position was later filled 
by the Rev, Tullius C. Tupjier. 



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55 



Just about this time orders were issued by the war department for a representation of the corps 
to paiticipate in the great Peace Jubilee at Philadelphia, to be held October 26, 2y and 28th. It 
was decided that one battalion from each regiment should go, thus giving each one a representa- 
tion without the ex|)ensc of moving so large a body of troops. An exception was made in the 
case of the Pennsylvania regiments at Camp Meade, who were--allowed to go in their entirety. 
The Second Battalion of the Tenth was chosen to represent Ohio, not because it was any better 
tiian either of the others, but because neither of ihem were superior to it. On the morning of the 
26l1i, in a driving rain, making the roads muddy and extremely slippery, the four companies with 
56 files front, in heavy marching order, trudged through to the station on their way to Philadel- 




THE ARMY COOK.S'. 



phia. A battalion each from the 35th Michigan and JMrst Maryland accompanied them, and it 
is safe to say that there were no three regiments in line out of all that immense gathering of regu- 
lars and volunteers, that marched better, or presented a more soldierly appearance. 

During the parade the different organizations at every halt had good things galore showered 
upon them by the thousands of spectators in the stands which had been erected for miles along 
the line of march. Fruit of all kinds, sandwiches, cakes, pies, lunches carefully wrapped in boxes; 
everything imaginable short of a regular course dinner, were to.ssed into the willing hands of the 
boys in blue. It seemed as if all of Philadelphia and the greater part of the several cities visiting 
there that day, had no o.her object in view than to give the largest amount possible, in the 
shortest space of time. After that day's march (it was a good day's march too) all the old 
stereotyped jokes about the proverbial slowness of the City of Brotherly Love, fell flat in at 



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least one regiment that participated in it. No one coukl tell the nun of the Tenth ( )hio that any- 
thing ever moved slowly in that town after such a fusilade. 

The brief respite from the daily routine of camp life afforded by the trip, acted as a tonic, a;id 
ihe balance of the time spent at Camp Meade passed quickly away. I'ootball and other outdoor 
;-.ports were indulged in daily, and excursions t j "the cave" and otiier points of interest in the 
vicinity were taken by those lucky enough to get passes and possibly by some that were not. 

Gett3'sburg. the scene of that great battle, the name of which will ever remain a living e.\- 
aniple to soldiers of how men can fight and die. was oniy a few hours' ri<le away, and 
many availed themselves of the opportunity to visit ilie famous battlefield. Then when the frosts 
began to ajjpear. nutting parties became fre(|ueni an.l the country was scoured for miles around. 
There was good boating and fishing for those nauticall_\- inclined, in fact mitil the nights bega!i 
to get uncomfortably cold there was absolutel;, nothing to mar thr i)leasure of the siav a' 
(V.mi) .Meade. 

During the latter part of October and the first of Xovember the weather became so cold that 
it was necessary to move the tnjops to some warm climate for winter (|iuirters. Nearly every 
morning would find the water in wash pails frozen solid, and with no stoves for heating pur- 
])oses the conditions were not couilucive to comfort. Orders came for the brigade to move to 
Augusta, Ga., and on Nov. I2t'h the three regiments tramped over the hill past Brigade Head- 
(juartcrs, and down into the valley to Camp Meade station, for the last time, tni their way to 
take up their abode in sunnier climes. Camp Meade, for the Tenth, was a thing of the past. 



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V 



CAMP MACKENZIE AUC.USTA, (.KORGIA. 




1 



s just liefore noon on tlic i J 
lir.t the first section of the 
'enth ( )hio pulled out of Mi 



h of Xoveni- 
rain hearing;- 
(Uetown, anil 
i(l- 



shortlv afterwards the entire resjinient 
ing over the rails towards Washinoton. T.altimor'.- 
and the South. On throuiih "My Maryland" 
and the Carolinas dashed the train, passing- miles 
and miles of forest and swampland, uninhabited, 
save here and there a little group of log huts, 
Pear which could be seen patches of cotton 
-Miwing and occasionally a few razor back hogs 
sporting around in the front yards. 

At ten o'clock Sunday evening (Nov. 13th) the 
first section arrived at Augusta and by the next 
morning the whisle regiment had arrived. The 
weather was warm and sultry, making the march 
from Wheless Station to the camp, about a mile 
awav. over a road of the softest sand imaginable, 
a most disagreeable one. At first sight the ne.v camp was a disappointment. It was situated 
about three miles from Augusta on -Monte Sano," which means a mountain of sand. It was 
well named. It was white, and loose, not unlike that found on the beaches of Lake Erie, and the 
only vegetation supported by it was scrub oaks, which lia^l been partly- 
tops of them had been. This sandy plain, risin;; a few hun( 
two or three miles awav, covered an area of hundreds of acn 



1 away— that is the 
feet above the level of the river 
While at first the prospect was 



not a verv assuring one, it was foun.l later that no matter how hard it might rain mud was an 
unknown (|uantity on "Monte Sano," and when tin- stumps had been "grul)be.l" out and burned, 
which was no easy task , the camp began to take on a presentable appearance. I'hen just when 
all this "grubbing" had been done an<l the men began to figure on getting a little rest from that 
kin<l nf work, orders came to move camp "five hundred feet to the eastward," and the same work 



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iiad to be done all over again in another spot. In fact about all the work done tliat first month 
was with pick, axe and shovel. However, when the la.st move had been made the wisdom of the 
step became apparent, for there on the ground recently occupied by the three regiments, was a 
parade ground of enorniiuis proportions almost as level as a floor and fil 
after a heavy rainfall. 

At first the camp was called Camp Young, in honor of Major Ceneral .S. M. W. \'oung 
had now become commander of the Second Army Corps, but at his direction the name 
changed to Camp Ronald S. Mackenzie, in honor of an old Civil War hero. 

Tt took but a short lime to convince everyone that Camp Mackenzie was an ideal place 
winter camp. The weather up to the beginniui; of the rainy season in January was deli',; 



used five minutes 
who 




and scarcely a day passed that c<nild not be devoted to outdoor sports of one kind or another. 
The surroundings of the camp, too, were pleasant. Inmiense forests of pine were located only a 
short distance away and pine needles Ijecame a favorite bed to many of the men. There was good 
shooting in the adjacent woods and those inclined to hunting found ])lenty of sport with rabbits 
and quail in abundance. The cotton fields, however, proved to be the cliicf attraction. an<l many 
a box of this peculiar Southern product f<nnid its way to Northern friends. 

The regimental, brigavle and <livision drills so prevalent at Camp Meade, n.)w began to grow 
fewer in number and the fini.slhng touches of the soldier's education liegan to be put on. "Hikes" 
became the proper thing, and many a day was spent in trudging over the rough wn,id roads of 
llie vicinity. Starting out in the early morning with haver.sacks and canli'.iw fill, ,1 ii w.is the 



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custom to march from six to ten miles before dinner when a haU would be called, fires Iniilt and 
cofifee cooked for dinner, after which came a short rest and then the march liack to camp, usually 
by another route from that taken in going out. These practice marches, which came two or 
three times a week, the men found much more iteresting and instructive than anything they had 
yet received in the line of drills. It seemed like real campaigning and after a few trips a fifteen 
or twenty mile tramp in a day was no hardship at all. 

Then target practice, that every soldier looks forward to longingly, was taken up. A fine 
range, with nine targets, was constructed and under the direction of Lieutenant Nolan, of Gen. 
McKibbon's statif, one company a day from two regiments would shoot, the nther regiment fur- 
nishing the scores. -\l first the shooting was dorie with the nld .Springfielils. l)Ut wlu-n on the 
13th of January the brand new Krag-Jorgensens arrived the regiment was just JKijipy. Xext t.) 
seeing actual fighting, the i>sue of the L'. .S. ,:50-calil)re ritle to a regiment is about the highest 
honor that could be conferred upon it. 

Thanksgiving came on Xovember 24111 an, I great pre|)aratii ;ns were made in the ilifferent com- 
panics' for a big turkey dinner. It was to many their first Thanksgiving away from home and 
many a \'uung fellow felt a tnuch of homesickness steal over hini as he sat diwii in his tent, with 
the good things piled u]) belo.e him. not served in the most fa.'^hionable way, perhaps, but 
plenty of everything (and ([uantity is the chief re(|uisite in a soldier's bill of f:,re) fioni turkey and 
the fixings, down to mince pie. luUs and raisins. 

Of course this bill of fare was not furnished bv the cnnunissary department, but boxes from 
home and the canteen fund supplied the nec-^.aries which in this case seemed like luxuries. 

Two of the Cleveland companies, -l" and ■'K." received a generous donation Imni the ( iat- 
ling Gun Battery Association of that city and the f<.rmer comi)any pitche.l a large tent in the 
middle of the company street, built tables in it and had a regular printed bill .>! fare, with after 
dinner speeches, interspersed with a musical and literary program. 

December 6th, aher serving for nearly three months as commander of the 1st I'.rigade, Colonel 
Axline returned to duty with his regiment, but remained only a short time. General McKibbon's 
health again failing him, and on Dec. 31st he was again placed in comman.l, which he retained 
up to Jan. 23rd . 

December 20th President McKinley paid a visit to Augusta on his tour through the South . 
The two brigades were drawn up in two lines on each side of the road along which he drove 
on his way from Wheless Station to the city, presenting arms as he passed, and the hands i)lay- 
ing the President's March. This was the second time the regiment had been reviewed liv the 
Chief Executive, the first time having been at the Peace Jubilee in Philadelphia. 

In the meantime preparations were heing maOe for Christmas. Every .lay s(|uads eould be 
seen bringing in holly and mistletoe to send home and for decorations, which were begun on an 
extensive scale. Quartermaster Morganthaler designed two regimental arches bearing the names 
of Colonel Axline and Lieut. Col. Dana, also a general idea for each company to follow out in 
the construction of its arch, there being one placed at the head of every company street bearing 
the Captain's name, also the company letters. These arches were very beautiful and in the North 



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woiilci have cost hundreds of dollars each, but in the swanijjs near camp, holly, mistletoe, ever- 
greens, and moss grew in profusion and could he had for the picking-. 

Christmas dinner was served in the new mess halls, fifty in lengtli. constructed for each c_im- 
])any . 

The bath house, containing fifteen stalls, eac li having a galvanized iron tub. was al.so com- 
jilcted about this time. With hot water in abundance there was um excuse for tmcleanliness 
among the men. Sentr\ bo.xes were constructed for use of guards in stormy weather and 
N'arious ininnsviments made which addeil ti> tb.i. C'nifi ^rl i :f the men. Tlic cild wall tents were dis- 




.\ .SOUTH EKX 



Ci-.rded for the round "Sibleys'" (if improved pattern, and with the conical Sibley stoves everyone 
was made comfortable. 

These preparations for winter were made none too soon, for on the uih of l'"el)ruary came up a 
regular Xortlitrn bliz:;ar(l. With snow six or seven inches deep and the wind blowing a gale the 
conditions were net favorable for enjoyment of c;-mp life. Th? tliermiiiieur went down to three 
degrees above zero and remained in that vicinity for several days. \\ hen ihc snow had drifted 
however, and "tilled in the cracks" it was not so disagreeai)le as might be supposed. 



I'rom a social i)oint of view the stay at Cani]) Mackenzie was onv of the most enjoyable 
periods of the 'I'enth's service. Ucing near to Augusta, and easily reached by electric cars, there 
was constsint visiting on the part of both soldiers an', civilian.s. At first the reserve of the South- 
erners was a little embarrassing, but after a shori time the true Southern hospitality began to 
assert itself. The people of Augusta found that as a rule the boys who hail come out to fight 
for their country were gentlemen, and any ])reju(iice tliat the Xortlum men may have felt was 
swept away and attachments were fnrmeil that time ^\w never ciTace. 



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The following item cliijpcd from the .//(!^;(5/(/ Chronicle aii.l written hy a society lady wlio 
chaperoned a party of young people on a visit to Camp, describes the impressions made u])on 
one of the fair sex in "Dixie Land" by some of tlie Xorthern soldiers: 

"We took the Monte Sano car on Saturday noon and went out on a visit to the soldiers at the 
camp. We have not been rushing them to death, understand; this was our first visit. 1 was 
acting chaperon, being quite old and dignified. This group of bri'lliants consisted of Mr. Tom 
Ii'azlehurst, handsome, debonair and altogether charming; Louise W'illiams, from Aiken, a fas- 
cinating society girl; Eliza Eraser, tall, beautiful and altogether lovely ; handsome Marion Usher; 
pretty Miss Anness from New Jersey, and little fiaxcn-haired Hess. We passed several car loads 
of soldiers going into the city. Our car slows uj; and dumps us down. The wind is blowing a 
high gale. We plod along, sinking up to our shoe tops in sand at every step. The provoking 
sand gets into our eyes and mouths. We hold on frantically to our hats, which threaten to blow 
off any minute. And with plumes twisted wrong side out, we parade down these rows of streets, 
hned on each side with tents. These young girls look distractingly pretty with bright eyes and 
rosy cheeks and wind-tossed hair and sand-drajged sldrts. 

It was quite interesting to see the various groups. We peep in at the long sheds, built of 
l)lanks. The men were eating and drinking and looking gay and comfortable. They cheer us 
and look quite saucy. Mr. Hazlehurst takes snap-shots of the various scenes. It was comical 
around the mess tents. Witli l)ig aprons before them, the cooks. I suppose, and butlers, d p- 
ping out soup and so on, ami \va?liing up tin plates and cups. We slow up again and watch the 
hzA\ game and see the balls knocking about and brass button.'-,, blue ur.i.'oims, stars and stripes. 
galore . 

The Tenth Uhio band was playing as we passed, also the Thirty-fifth Michigan. We met, by 
chance, Adjutant Charley Burger and Isidore Lang, of the Thirty-fifth Michigan regiment. We 
were their guests for the afternoon. They were perfectly lovely to us — these fine handsome 
boys from up North. W'eiiked the way they rolled their r's, I suppose their funny way of talking 
is due to their bracing climate. It is very cute. Mr. Burger invited us up to his home in 
Detroit next summer and to go yachting on Lake Michigan, I suppose. They took us into their 
tent, which was just as neat as possible, and we washed the grit out of our eyes in a real china 
bowl and dried them on a Turkish bath towel. \\'t sat and chatted quite a long time with these 
nice little Yanks. They offered us cigarettes in the most innocent manner and hinted at beer, 
but we said, no, thanks, very sweetly, tore cur languid selves, we Southern women, verv re- 
luctantly away as the sun was setting, and boarding the electric car returned to the city. 
Good-bye, Yanks, dear. However, we are to return next Sunday afternoon, "don't you 
know," and Adjutant Charley Burger and Isidore Lang are to have us out to high tea. Now, 
won't that be nice?" , i 



.\ short lime before the departure of the First Division after ijrders had been received to nuis- 
ter out. the folh 'w ing appeared in one of the papers of the city: 

"There will l)e the kindliest feeling in Augusta for many years for tlie \'oluiUeer infantr_\- of the 
Spanish-Amerkan war. They came among us for physical profit and they have been profited. 
Restless under military rule, the patriotic fire that was kindled in their manly breasts having 
])aled when it became apparent to them that there was to be no fighting. Away from home and 
freedom under the restraint of authority — we have found them to be gentlemen. Homes in 
Augusta have been thrown open to them and their welcome has been honored by them. There 



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898- 

1899 




"\VHc-rc-wio, The Volurteer Soldiers of our Army are to be mustered out at 
an early day, we, the citizens of Augusta, in mass meeting assembled, desire to give 
formal expression to our respect, our friendly regard and our good wishes for the 
officers and men who are about to go from among us to their homes. Therefore, be it 

"■tvc----. olv'c-cl. That we cordially endorse the sentiment so happily expressed 
by the President of the United States that "sectional lines no longer mar the map of our 
common country," and we regard it as a fortunate circumstance that men from the 
North and men from the South volunteered in a common cause, have shared together 
the fortunes of war and the hardships of camp, and that thousands of men from 
the Northern States have been encamped for months in Southern communities where 
they have had the opportunity to observe for themselves the charm of our climate, the 
f:rvor of our friendship and the patriotism of our people. 

"iTjec;c»lv*c-£l, That the thanks of the country are due to the soldiers in camp 
as well as to the men at the front, and the volunteer who left his home and business and 
has faithfully complied with the regulations of camp during weary months of inaction, 
is as much a patriot as he whose fortune it was to face the enemy's guns. 

■fyc-ooIv'C-cI, That we consider ourselves exceptionally fortunate in the 
officers and men who were assigned to Camp Mackenzie, and bear cheerful testimony 
that their deportment has been such as to demonstrate the right of the American 
Soldier to the respect and esteem of all. We appreciate their coming and their stay 
among us. and we shall see them go away with regret. To Gen. S. M. B. Young, 
and through him, to all the officers and men of the First Division of the Second Army 
Corps encamped at Augusta, we extend assurances of our cordial regard and of our 
best wishes for their future happiness and success. 



Bnysof'gS — Tenth Rci^inieiit Ohio I'olntilccr Infanlry. 03 

c->re thiJse who will he so unkin.:'. as to say the iiUerost in them is commercial — their"s in us is of 
the recreative sort, to be forgotten when the soldier is back in the h(jmc port. Xewspaper 
reporters, who roam around a g/sat deal and know a bit that is going on will say that is not the 
sentiment. True, the merchants will hate to seem go — for the $4,000 or $5,000 per week that 
they freely ]nit intu the channels of trade will be missed until the permanent post is established. 
( )n the other hand, there is many a lad who will say an earnest good-b3e when the soldiers go, 
and many a lass will say that the warmth of a Southern heart follows a cavalier that is homeward 
bound. There will be visits to and from the West and Northwest as a result of friendships made 
during the fojcurn cf the soldiers. Already there has been heard the talk of the soldiers who 
will raurn tcj .\ugu.-ts as citizens when they return to Xorthwestern homes to settle up their 
i.ffairs. There was a marriage the other night. There is to be another tomorrow night — the 
groom a soldier, the bride a civilian. From enjoyable c'.inner parties and |)arlor entertainnient 
the military voice is heard. On the promenade the uniform of the I/. -S. \'. is ])romineni ami 
now and then the sterner dres.=. of the regular is seen. 

Knowing all these things, it is idle talk to .,ay that there is not the deepest interest in the 
scldiei - I'.n tiie part of Augustans." 

In ; ,'ditiiin tr compliments of this kind which appeared almost daily, both editorially and a> 
news items in tlie public ]jress. the citizens uf the city held a public meeting and adopted resolu- 
tion;- expressing their appreciation in no uncertain terms cf the deportment of the entire brigade 
during its sojourn in the vicinity. .\ co])y of the resolutions were presented to every officer and 
eidisted man at Canii) Mackenzie, a fac simile of which is here shown. 



The regiment hr.,! now been in service nearly nine months, and the report that had circulated 
froin time to tinu^ — that muster out was near at hand — was about to be verified. All had been 
anxious to serve their country in time of trouble . but now that peace was assured men who had 
left gojd positions and comfortable homes were anxious to return to both. So it was with glad 
hcaiis r:nd willing ears that the organizations comprising the First Division received orders 
specifying the date set for their discharge from the United States service. March 23rd was the 
day set for the Tenth ( )hio, and preparations began immediately for a return to civil life. The 
good record nuu'e by the regiment during its nine months service was kept up to the last, and 
when en the evening of the _'3rd of March, twelve hundre;l American citizens boarded trains to 
take them to their homes frr up by the s.iores of old Erie, it was with a sense of duty well per- 
formed, although it had not been their lot to take an active part in the war. 

It was just as the Southern tiees were bursting their buds, and the birds were singing sweetly 
their springtime melodies, that the Tenth marched away from "Dixie," and while on their way to 
a colder clime, where winter's mantle had scarcely been laid aside, the warmth of loving hearts 
and the sunshine of hapi)v faces awaited them, and that was enough. 



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A SOLDIER'S REVERIE. 



^'es, now wcVf to W mustered out, the time will soon be here; 

And I remember how the boys l)roke out in one long' cheer. 

The roar went throun;h the res^fimenl, the non-cm,-- and the men 

^'elled until they couldn't speak, then stoi)])ed: then yelled again. 

■I'.ut sonu-liDw. tliini.t;-h I'm pleased to .u;-o, and somehow, though I'm glad. 

And know I'll soon be home again with Mollier, Sis auv'. Had; 

A feeling way down in my heart chokes up and seems tn sa\': 

"Lookout old man. it's going to be a wrench to break away." 

I'm puffiing on my cigarette and through the curling smoke 

I see my tentmate staking me whene\er I was l.iroke. 

I sec the comjjany street alive, and \\a\ down in my heart 

I know it won't be easy when it comes lime to part. 

And bless your heart, why there's the captain, gruti', bm just the same. 

We would have followed wht-re he led. 'gain>l devil or old .^pain. 

Corporals, sergeants an.', lieiucnants, captains, majors — say — 

I'm mighty .glad ther're mustering out — but it's tough to break away. 

The Colonel with his kind ol 1 eyes and witli his martial air 

That would make you quake one minute and the iie.M you'd walk on air. 

Through the smoke 1 see him and he seems to say. young man, 

lie a soldier and a gentleman, and do the best \ou can. 

() well, 'twill soon be over; from reville to taps. 

And soon I'll take you oil. old blues— my, how the old tent llaps! 

There 1 near t'orgot you, .'.ear old tent, you've sheltered nu- night an.l dav. 

(iood bye old tent, we'll soon be gone, we'll have to break away. 

—A. L. \Vh:i.\.STt)CK. 




ITINERARY. 



1898. 



luiie 25th Kut,Hinenl a; ,''.nil)lc(l at Camp lUislmcll, (.'olnmhus. ( )hio. 

August i8th lA'ft Cump lUishndl fur lamp .Mcadc 

Au-ust 19th Xrriv.d =:; Cami) Mcadc, Mi,l<lk-tnw!i. I'a, 

October 26th I.cfl C': mp Miade for I'l.i a(!cli)li:a. I'a, 

( )ct.,.her 26th \ri Wvd at I'hila.lclphia. 4 j), 111 

October 281I1 I-ffl l"hiladel|)hia. S a. m 

October 28th Arrived at Lamp Meade, 3 p. m 

November i2tli Left I'amp Meade for Camp Mackenzie, Augusta. Ga 

November i4tb Arrived at Camp Mackenzie 

1899. 
March 23rd Mustered oiu and left Camp Mackenzie for home. 



SECOND ARMY CORPS. 



The second arniv corj)s was formed at Camp Alijer, \'a., on May 24, 1898, Major (leneral 
William Montrose (iraliam taking command, with Lieut. Col. Cyrus S. Roberts as Adjutant 
(ieneral. The headc|uarters remained at Camp Alger until the 17th of August, when it moved 
to Camp Meade. 

On the second of November, General Graham was relieved from command, and General S. 
M. B. Young took command. Colonel Roberts was relieved on September i and Assistant 
Adjutant General Capt. Carl Reichmann served as Adjutant General until December 15, when 
Lieut. Col. E. J. McClernand was assigned. 1 

The headquarters moved to Augusta on November 17th. and remained there until the corps 
was disbanded and the sub-divisions mustered out. 

Tlie officers of the corps at the time of disbandment were: 

Major General S. i\L 1!. Young, commanding. 

Personal stafif: 

Lieut. Col. E. j. McClernand. adjutant general. 

Cajit. Wni. E. Horton, assistant a>'ijutant general. 

Capt. F. D. I'uckinghani, Lieut. W. R. Smedburg, Capt. T. R. Rivers, aides. 

Lieut. Col. W. S. Edgerly. inspector .general. 

Lieut. Col. Guy Howard, chief quartermaster. 

Lieut. Col. J. N. Allison, chief commissary. 

Lieut. Col. A. C. (iirard, chief surgeon. 

Lieut. Col. ^\'. P. Duvall, chief ordnance. 

Lieut. Col. E. B. Ives, chief signal officer. 

Lieut. Col. Geo. Ak-C. Derbv, chief engineer. 

Lieut, and Assistant Surgeon. W. P. Banta. 

Lieut. Clark Elliott, acting assistant quartermaster. 

Jesse Stedman, chief clerk quartermaster. 

Jo.t-.eph O'Kirk, chief clerk adjutant general's office. 

E. M. Rawley, chief clerk commissary. 

J. M. Sells, chief clerk chief engineer. 

C. G. \'an Hook, chief draughtsman second army corps. 

James H. Boyle.- hospital steward office chief surgeon. 



':-S'£''y'.i\-} .'^^^^^^^ 




